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and<00:12:07.899><c> the</c><00:12:08.059><c> day</c><00:12:08.279><c> of</c><00:12:08.419><c> his</c><00:12:08.659><c> vengeance.</c>

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And<00:12:09.620><c> from</c><00:12:09.960><c> that</c><00:12:10.500><c> day,</c><00:12:11.419><c> he</c><00:12:11.440><c> will</c><00:12:11.759><c> proclaim,</c><00:12:12.480><c> brethren</c><00:12:12.620><c> and</c><00:12:12.860><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:12:14.000><c> year</c><00:12:14.379><c> of</c><00:12:14.659><c> Yahweh's</c><00:12:15.320><c> acceptance.</c>

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He<00:12:16.460><c> will</c><00:12:16.679><c> proclaim</c><00:12:17.019><c> that</c><00:12:17.360><c> wonderful</c><00:12:17.879><c> year.</c>

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And<00:12:19.779><c> then,</c><00:12:20.419><c> of</c><00:12:20.419><c> course,</c><00:12:20.759><c> we'll</c><00:12:20.840><c> go</c><00:12:21.120><c> forth</c><00:12:21.320><c> that</c><00:12:21.559><c> message</c><00:12:21.919><c> to</c>

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all<00:12:22.379><c> the</c><00:12:22.580><c> world,</c>

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and<00:12:22.940><c> men</c><00:12:23.179><c> will</c><00:12:23.419><c> be</c><00:12:23.659><c> liberated</c><00:12:24.159><c> from</c><00:12:24.399><c> all</c><00:12:24.679><c> that</c><00:12:24.980><c> binds</c><00:12:25.200><c> them</c><00:12:25.440><c> today</c>

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in<00:12:26.360><c> all</c><00:12:26.600><c> the</c><00:12:26.840><c> superstition</c><00:12:27.600><c> and</c><00:12:27.899><c> in</c><00:12:28.080><c> all</c><00:12:28.200><c> the</c><00:12:28.419><c> desires</c><00:12:28.720><c> of</c><00:12:28.899><c> the</c><00:12:29.120><c> body.</c>

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Everything<00:12:29.940><c> that</c><00:12:30.419><c> binds</c><00:12:30.759><c> men</c><00:12:31.019><c> and</c><00:12:31.139><c> women,</c><00:12:31.360><c> they</c><00:12:31.500><c> will</c><00:12:31.659><c> be</c>

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released<00:12:32.159><c> from</c><00:12:32.340><c> that.</c>

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And<00:12:33.019><c> John,</c><00:12:33.779><c> in</c><00:12:33.779><c> that</c><00:12:34.000><c> day,</c><00:12:34.360><c> brethren</c><00:12:34.620><c> and</c><00:12:34.879><c> sisters,</c><00:12:35.100><c> will</c><00:12:35.279><c> come</c><00:12:35.440><c> out</c>

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of<00:12:35.700><c> that</c><00:12:35.899><c> prison.</c>

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Not,<00:12:37.620><c> of</c><00:12:37.740><c> course,</c><00:12:37.980><c> on</c><00:12:38.179><c> the</c><00:12:38.340><c> day</c><00:12:38.700><c> that</c><00:12:38.899><c> the</c><00:12:39.000><c> Lord</c><00:12:39.159><c> stands</c><00:12:39.440><c> on</c>

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because<00:12:40.100><c> he</c><00:12:40.220><c> will</c><00:12:40.340><c> be</c><00:12:40.519><c> with</c><00:12:40.720><c> him,</c><00:12:40.840><c> we</c><00:12:40.960><c> know.</c>

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But<00:12:41.580><c> in</c><00:12:41.720><c> that</c><00:12:41.899><c> epoch</c><00:12:42.240><c> of</c><00:12:42.500><c> time,</c><00:12:42.820><c> John</c><00:12:43.059><c> himself</c><00:12:43.480><c> will</c><00:12:43.679><c> be</c>

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finally<00:12:44.320><c> released,</c>

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not<00:12:44.940><c> simply</c><00:12:45.299><c> from</c><00:12:45.539><c> Machiris,</c>

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but<00:12:47.039><c> he</c><00:12:47.100><c> will</c><00:12:47.279><c> be</c><00:12:47.539><c> released</c><00:12:47.559><c> from</c><00:12:47.700><c> the</c><00:12:47.899><c> body</c><00:12:48.100><c> of</c><00:12:48.299><c> death</c><00:12:48.460><c> itself,</c>

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the<00:12:49.480><c> opening</c><00:12:49.799><c> of</c><00:12:50.059><c> prison</c><00:12:50.379><c> to</c><00:12:50.799><c> them</c><00:12:51.019><c> that</c><00:12:51.240><c> are</c><00:12:51.399><c> bound.</c>

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And<00:12:52.659><c> Jesus</c><00:12:52.940><c> said,</c><00:12:53.620><c> you</c><00:12:53.759><c> tell</c><00:12:53.940><c> John</c><00:12:54.220><c> also,</c><00:12:55.120><c> you</c><00:12:55.240><c> go</c><00:12:55.379><c> back</c><00:12:55.580><c> and</c>

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tell<00:12:55.820><c> him,</c>

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blessed<00:12:57.360><c> is</c><00:12:57.620><c> he</c><00:12:58.279><c> that</c><00:12:58.779><c> will</c><00:12:59.019><c> not</c><00:12:59.259><c> be</c><00:12:59.519><c> offended</c><00:12:59.820><c> in</c><00:13:00.059><c> me.</c>

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And<00:13:00.320><c> that's</c><00:13:00.860><c> one</c><00:13:01.059><c> of</c><00:13:01.179><c> the</c><00:13:01.379><c> reasons</c><00:13:01.720><c> why</c><00:13:01.940><c> I</c><00:13:02.179><c> believe</c><00:13:02.419><c> those</c><00:13:02.700><c> words,</c>

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that<00:13:04.320><c> question</c><00:13:04.799><c> was</c><00:13:05.100><c> John's</c><00:13:05.559><c> question.</c>

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The<00:13:06.879><c> Lord</c><00:13:07.019><c> would</c><00:13:07.240><c> never</c><00:13:07.460><c> have</c><00:13:07.700><c> said</c><00:13:07.860><c> that</c><00:13:08.039><c> if</c><00:13:08.120><c> that</c><00:13:08.259><c> wasn't</c>

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John's<00:13:08.980><c> question.</c>

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And<00:13:09.759><c> in</c><00:13:09.919><c> a</c><00:13:09.960><c> very</c><00:13:10.320><c> gentle,</c><00:13:10.980><c> not</c><00:13:11.240><c> a</c><00:13:11.419><c> rebuke,</c><00:13:12.000><c> brethren</c><00:13:12.019><c> and</c><00:13:12.240><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:13:12.799><c> in</c><00:13:13.100><c> a</c><00:13:13.120><c> very</c><00:13:13.559><c> gentle</c><00:13:13.799><c> exhortation,</c><00:13:14.500><c> he</c><00:13:14.600><c> would</c><00:13:14.799><c> tell</c><00:13:15.000><c> those</c><00:13:15.299><c> disciples,</c>

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now<00:13:15.820><c> you</c><00:13:15.940><c> go</c><00:13:16.139><c> back</c><00:13:16.340><c> and</c><00:13:16.559><c> tell</c><00:13:16.700><c> John,</c>

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don't,<00:13:19.279><c> don't</c><00:13:19.759><c> stumble</c><00:13:20.200><c> over</c><00:13:20.600><c> me.</c>

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Blessed<00:13:21.860><c> is</c><00:13:22.080><c> the</c><00:13:22.259><c> man</c><00:13:22.480><c> that</c><00:13:22.679><c> doesn't</c><00:13:23.139><c> stumble</c><00:13:23.539><c> over</c><00:13:23.860><c> me.</c>

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Look<00:13:25.460><c> at</c><00:13:25.539><c> some</c><00:13:25.700><c> of</c><00:13:25.820><c> the</c><00:13:26.019><c> blessings</c><00:13:26.299><c> of</c><00:13:26.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:13:26.919><c> 61,</c><00:13:27.740><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:13:28.100><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:13:29.799><c> imagine</c><00:13:30.240><c> John</c><00:13:30.559><c> getting</c><00:13:30.799><c> that</c><00:13:31.080><c> exhortation</c><00:13:31.759><c> from</c><00:13:32.059><c> his</c><00:13:32.320><c> disciples.</c>

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And<00:13:34.220><c> as</c><00:13:34.360><c> they</c><00:13:34.460><c> come</c><00:13:34.679><c> back</c><00:13:34.879><c> into</c><00:13:35.019><c> that</c><00:13:35.379><c> dungeon,</c>

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and<00:13:35.860><c> they</c><00:13:36.039><c> tell</c><00:13:36.159><c> him</c><00:13:36.299><c> that</c><00:13:36.799><c> they'd</c><00:13:37.019><c> seen</c><00:13:37.220><c> these</c><00:13:37.440><c> wonderful</c><00:13:37.799><c> miracles,</c>

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and<00:13:38.460><c> to</c><00:13:38.620><c> the</c><00:13:38.860><c> poor</c><00:13:39.000><c> the</c><00:13:39.240><c> Gospel</c><00:13:39.539><c> was</c><00:13:39.820><c> preached,</c>

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and<00:13:40.179><c> his</c><00:13:40.320><c> mind</c><00:13:40.580><c> would</c><00:13:40.860><c> revolve</c><00:13:41.279><c> around</c><00:13:41.759><c> that</c><00:13:42.159><c> opening</c><00:13:42.419><c> of</c><00:13:42.600><c> the</c><00:13:42.759><c> prison</c>

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in<00:13:43.120><c> the</c><00:13:43.299><c> acceptable</c><00:13:43.820><c> year</c><00:13:44.159><c> of</c><00:13:44.379><c> Yahweh,</c>

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and<00:13:44.799><c> knowing</c><00:13:44.940><c> that</c><00:13:45.179><c> there</c><00:13:45.379><c> was</c><00:13:45.580><c> his</c><00:13:45.779><c> answer,</c>

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this<00:13:46.700><c> truly</c><00:13:47.000><c> was</c><00:13:47.200><c> the</c><00:13:47.399><c> Messiah,</c><00:13:47.779><c> but</c><00:13:47.940><c> the</c><00:13:48.179><c> day</c><00:13:48.320><c> had</c><00:13:48.580><c> not</c><00:13:48.799><c> arrived,</c>

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and<00:13:49.840><c> John</c><00:13:50.120><c> would</c><00:13:50.299><c> have</c><00:13:50.480><c> to</c><00:13:50.580><c> go</c><00:13:50.740><c> the</c><00:13:50.899><c> way</c><00:13:51.039><c> of</c><00:13:51.240><c> all</c><00:13:51.419><c> men,</c>

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and<00:13:52.320><c> he</c><00:13:52.379><c> would</c><00:13:52.559><c> be</c><00:13:52.860><c> comforted,</c>

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and<00:13:53.879><c> then</c><00:13:54.000><c> he</c><00:13:54.059><c> would</c><00:13:54.220><c> think</c><00:13:54.419><c> about</c><00:13:54.659><c> the</c><00:13:54.940><c> blessing.</c>

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Verse<00:13:56.899><c> 6,</c><00:13:57.419><c> you</c><00:13:57.559><c> shall</c><00:13:57.779><c> be</c><00:13:58.019><c> named</c><00:13:58.259><c> the</c><00:13:58.500><c> priests</c><00:13:58.840><c> of</c><00:13:59.080><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Men<00:14:00.779><c> shall</c><00:14:01.000><c> call</c><00:14:01.299><c> you</c><00:14:01.519><c> the</c><00:14:01.720><c> ministers</c><00:14:01.980><c> of</c><00:14:02.179><c> our</c><00:14:02.399><c> God.</c>

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You<00:14:03.799><c> shall</c><00:14:04.000><c> eat</c><00:14:04.159><c> the</c><00:14:04.460><c> riches</c><00:14:04.740><c> of</c><00:14:04.960><c> the</c><00:14:05.039><c> Gentiles,</c>

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and<00:14:06.500><c> in</c><00:14:06.620><c> their</c><00:14:06.960><c> glory</c><00:14:07.500><c> shall</c><00:14:07.779><c> you</c><00:14:08.019><c> boast</c><00:14:08.240><c> yourselves.</c>

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For<00:14:09.820><c> your</c><00:14:10.179><c> shame</c><00:14:10.480><c> you</c><00:14:10.659><c> shall</c><00:14:10.779><c> have</c><00:14:11.000><c> double,</c>

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and<00:14:11.799><c> for</c><00:14:11.980><c> your</c><00:14:12.200><c> confusion</c><00:14:12.799><c> they</c><00:14:13.100><c> shall</c><00:14:13.220><c> rejoice</c><00:14:13.720><c> in</c><00:14:13.860><c> their</c><00:14:14.080><c> portion.</c>

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Therefore<00:14:15.480><c> in</c><00:14:15.639><c> their</c><00:14:15.879><c> land</c><00:14:16.120><c> they</c><00:14:16.340><c> shall</c><00:14:16.440><c> possess</c><00:14:16.820><c> the</c><00:14:17.100><c> double.</c>

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Everlasting<00:14:18.539><c> joy</c><00:14:19.019><c> shall</c><00:14:19.220><c> be</c><00:14:19.360><c> unto</c><00:14:19.620><c> them.</c>

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And<00:14:20.740><c> so</c><00:14:20.940><c> on</c><00:14:21.179><c> and</c><00:14:21.320><c> so</c><00:14:21.539><c> on.</c>

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And<00:14:21.779><c> that</c><00:14:21.940><c> chapter</c><00:14:22.600><c> abounds</c><00:14:23.120><c> in</c><00:14:23.299><c> the</c><00:14:23.399><c> latter</c><00:14:23.600><c> portion</c><00:14:23.919><c> of</c><00:14:24.100><c> it</c>

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with<00:14:24.639><c> those</c><00:14:24.860><c> wonderful</c><00:14:25.419><c> blessings</c><00:14:25.820><c> that</c><00:14:25.980><c> will</c><00:14:26.279><c> accrue</c><00:14:26.500><c> to</c>

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those<00:14:26.960><c> poor</c>

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to<00:14:27.840><c> whom</c><00:14:28.000><c> the</c><00:14:28.200><c> Gospel</c><00:14:28.460><c> was</c><00:14:28.759><c> preached,</c>

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and<00:14:29.600><c> brethren</c><00:14:29.879><c> and</c><00:14:30.139><c> sisters,</c><00:14:30.480><c> John</c><00:14:30.779><c> had</c><00:14:31.080><c> this</c><00:14:31.919><c> marvelous</c><00:14:32.820><c> distinction,</c>

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a<00:14:35.220><c> distinction</c><00:14:35.639><c> I</c><00:14:35.940><c> think</c><00:14:36.639><c> that</c><00:14:37.259><c> in</c><00:14:38.059><c> all</c><00:14:38.279><c> our</c><00:14:38.519><c> opulence</c>

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and<00:14:39.559><c> the</c><00:14:39.700><c> way</c><00:14:40.000><c> we</c><00:14:40.279><c> lived</c><00:14:40.419><c> we</c><00:14:40.600><c> could</c><00:14:40.940><c> scarcely</c><00:14:41.460><c> ever</c><00:14:41.960><c> appreciate.</c>

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He<00:14:42.639><c> had</c><00:14:42.840><c> this</c><00:14:43.220><c> marvelous</c><00:14:43.980><c> distinction</c>

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that<00:14:45.600><c> he</c><00:14:45.720><c> was</c><00:14:45.899><c> the</c><00:14:46.220><c> poorest</c><00:14:46.620><c> of</c><00:14:47.139><c> the</c><00:14:47.639><c> whole</c><00:14:48.500><c> lot</c><00:14:48.799><c> of</c><00:14:48.980><c> them.</c>

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If<00:14:51.139><c> the</c><00:14:51.360><c> good</c><00:14:51.559><c> news</c><00:14:51.779><c> were</c><00:14:52.019><c> preached</c><00:14:52.240><c> to</c><00:14:52.440><c> the</c><00:14:52.679><c> poor,</c>

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he<00:14:53.779><c> was</c><00:14:54.100><c> number</c><00:14:54.779><c> one</c><00:14:55.460><c> in</c><00:14:55.779><c> poverty.</c>

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And<00:14:58.039><c> therefore</c><00:14:58.740><c> he</c><00:14:59.679><c> would</c><00:14:59.840><c> hear</c><00:14:59.940><c> that</c><00:15:00.220><c> Gospel</c><00:15:00.559><c> ringing</c><00:15:00.899><c> in</c>

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his<00:15:01.259><c> ears.</c>

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He<00:15:05.500><c> would</c><00:15:05.740><c> accept,</c><00:15:06.559><c> I</c><00:15:06.980><c> believe,</c><00:15:07.460><c> in</c><00:15:07.559><c> faith</c><00:15:08.039><c> and</c><00:15:08.539><c> in</c><00:15:08.799><c> confidence</c>

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And<00:15:14.039><c> when</c><00:15:14.159><c> that</c><00:15:14.440><c> prison</c><00:15:14.659><c> gate</c><00:15:14.899><c> would</c><00:15:15.080><c> be</c><00:15:15.320><c> opened,</c>

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he<00:15:15.639><c> would</c><00:15:16.340><c> know</c><00:15:16.620><c> that</c><00:15:16.779><c> for</c><00:15:17.019><c> his</c><00:15:17.379><c> shame</c><00:15:17.639><c> he</c><00:15:17.740><c> would</c><00:15:17.899><c> have</c><00:15:18.100><c> double.</c>

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And<00:15:18.919><c> as</c><00:15:19.039><c> he</c><00:15:19.120><c> would</c><00:15:19.820><c> no</c><00:15:20.039><c> doubt</c><00:15:20.440><c> hear</c><00:15:20.919><c> the</c><00:15:21.320><c> echoes</c>

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and<00:15:24.820><c> the</c><00:15:25.019><c> feasts</c><00:15:25.240><c> that</c><00:15:25.320><c> were</c><00:15:25.480><c> held</c><00:15:25.679><c> in</c><00:15:25.820><c> that</c><00:15:26.000><c> place</c>

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and<00:15:26.820><c> the</c><00:15:26.960><c> Gentiles</c><00:15:27.559><c> gorge</c><00:15:28.019><c> themselves</c><00:15:28.620><c> on</c><00:15:28.779><c> this</c><00:15:29.100><c> world's</c><00:15:29.519><c> good,</c>

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he<00:15:30.200><c> says,</c><00:15:30.899><c> he</c><00:15:30.980><c> would</c><00:15:31.220><c> listen</c><00:15:31.500><c> to</c><00:15:31.679><c> the</c><00:15:31.840><c> words,</c>

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ye<00:15:32.360><c> shall</c><00:15:32.600><c> eat</c><00:15:32.940><c> the</c><00:15:33.360><c> riches</c><00:15:33.820><c> of</c><00:15:34.179><c> the</c><00:15:34.340><c> Gentiles.</c>

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And<00:15:36.340><c> he</c><00:15:36.399><c> would</c><00:15:36.539><c> think</c><00:15:36.720><c> about</c><00:15:36.980><c> that.</c>

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And<00:15:38.159><c> I</c><00:15:38.399><c> believe</c><00:15:38.639><c> that</c><00:15:38.799><c> he</c><00:15:38.840><c> would</c><00:15:39.059><c> calm</c><00:15:39.360><c> himself</c><00:15:39.919><c> in</c><00:15:40.460><c> those</c><00:15:40.720><c> circumstances.</c>

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And<00:15:42.279><c> when</c><00:15:42.379><c> they</c><00:15:42.659><c> sent</c><00:15:42.779><c> the</c><00:15:43.039><c> executioner,</c><00:15:44.460><c> he</c><00:15:44.659><c> was</c><00:15:44.899><c> ready.</c>

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I<00:15:46.700><c> believe</c><00:15:46.940><c> he</c><00:15:47.059><c> would</c><00:15:47.220><c> have</c><00:15:47.360><c> been</c><00:15:47.500><c> ready.</c>

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And<00:15:49.120><c> when</c><00:15:49.259><c> you</c><00:15:49.360><c> come</c><00:15:49.580><c> back</c><00:15:49.759><c> to</c><00:15:49.899><c> Luke</c><00:15:50.039><c> chapter</c><00:15:50.379><c> 7,</c>

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we<00:15:51.519><c> have</c><00:15:51.820><c> here</c><00:15:52.419><c> an</c><00:15:52.659><c> exhibition</c><00:15:53.179><c> of</c><00:15:53.840><c> the</c><00:15:54.000><c> Lord's</c><00:15:54.440><c> feelings.</c>

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And<00:15:57.600><c> when</c><00:15:57.700><c> the</c><00:15:57.899><c> messengers</c><00:15:58.179><c> of</c><00:15:58.399><c> John</c><00:15:58.539><c> were</c><00:15:58.820><c> departed,</c>

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he<00:16:00.120><c> began</c><00:16:00.360><c> to</c><00:16:00.659><c> speak</c><00:16:00.820><c> unto</c><00:16:00.980><c> the</c><00:16:01.179><c> people</c><00:16:01.379><c> concerning</c><00:16:01.840><c> John.</c>

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Now,<00:16:04.000><c> in</c><00:16:04.179><c> the</c><00:16:04.419><c> Greek,</c><00:16:04.840><c> brothers</c><00:16:05.120><c> and</c><00:16:05.240><c> sisters,</c>

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they<00:16:06.159><c> tell</c><00:16:06.379><c> us</c><00:16:06.659><c> that</c><00:16:06.860><c> the</c><00:16:07.059><c> tense</c><00:16:07.259><c> is</c><00:16:07.580><c> in</c><00:16:07.779><c> the</c><00:16:07.980><c> imperfect</c><00:16:08.399><c> tense.</c>

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And<00:16:08.919><c> so</c><00:16:09.019><c> we'd</c><00:16:09.299><c> read</c><00:16:09.419><c> that,</c><00:16:10.500><c> and</c><00:16:10.679><c> as</c><00:16:11.000><c> the</c><00:16:11.240><c> messengers</c><00:16:11.600><c> of</c><00:16:11.799><c> John</c>

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were<00:16:12.340><c> departing.</c>

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And<00:16:14.139><c> you</c><00:16:14.320><c> can,</c><00:16:14.759><c> I</c><00:16:14.779><c> think,</c><00:16:16.220><c> fairly</c><00:16:16.460><c> certainly</c><00:16:17.159><c> infer</c>

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from<00:16:17.899><c> the</c><00:16:18.120><c> context</c><00:16:18.480><c> of</c><00:16:18.700><c> the</c><00:16:18.840><c> words</c><00:16:19.019><c> that</c><00:16:19.399><c> follow</c>

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the<00:16:20.220><c> scene</c><00:16:20.460><c> that</c><00:16:20.899><c> would</c><00:16:21.019><c> have</c><00:16:21.220><c> faced</c><00:16:21.519><c> our</c><00:16:21.820><c> Lord,</c>

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that<00:16:22.940><c> he</c><00:16:23.100><c> would</c><00:16:23.259><c> have</c><00:16:23.480><c> been,</c><00:16:23.639><c> I</c><00:16:23.940><c> believe,</c><00:16:24.539><c> acutely</c><00:16:25.100><c> aware</c>

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that<00:16:25.899><c> as</c><00:16:26.120><c> he</c><00:16:26.200><c> was</c><00:16:26.440><c> talking</c><00:16:26.740><c> to</c><00:16:26.919><c> these</c><00:16:27.200><c> two</c><00:16:27.399><c> disciples</c>

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of<00:16:28.340><c> this</c><00:16:28.559><c> very</c><00:16:28.960><c> great</c><00:16:29.200><c> man,</c>

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that<00:16:30.139><c> there</c><00:16:30.240><c> would</c><00:16:30.379><c> be</c><00:16:30.539><c> a</c><00:16:30.700><c> large</c><00:16:31.019><c> crowd</c><00:16:31.240><c> of</c><00:16:31.460><c> people</c>

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listening<00:16:32.000><c> to</c><00:16:32.139><c> what</c><00:16:32.220><c> was</c><00:16:32.419><c> going</c><00:16:32.659><c> on.</c>

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And<00:16:34.299><c> the</c><00:16:34.440><c> Lord</c><00:16:34.620><c> would</c><00:16:34.820><c> be</c><00:16:35.220><c> very</c><00:16:35.879><c> much</c><00:16:36.500><c> aware</c><00:16:37.259><c> of</c><00:16:37.519><c> their</c><00:16:37.779><c> presence</c>

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and<00:16:38.460><c> knowing</c><00:16:38.720><c> that</c><00:16:39.080><c> they</c><00:16:39.379><c> would</c><00:16:39.639><c> hear</c><00:16:39.860><c> what</c><00:16:40.000><c> he</c><00:16:40.139><c> had</c><00:16:40.279><c> to</c><00:16:40.539><c> say</c>

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And<00:16:42.919><c> as</c><00:16:43.120><c> the</c><00:16:43.340><c> disciples</c><00:16:43.700><c> swung</c><00:16:44.000><c> on</c><00:16:44.179><c> their</c><00:16:44.419><c> heel</c>

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and<00:16:44.919><c> walked</c><00:16:45.279><c> away</c><00:16:45.679><c> from</c><00:16:45.860><c> him,</c>

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and<00:16:46.919><c> I</c><00:16:47.059><c> can</c><00:16:47.200><c> just</c><00:16:47.460><c> picture</c><00:16:47.639><c> this</c><00:16:48.000><c> scene,</c>

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that<00:16:48.799><c> as</c><00:16:48.919><c> they</c><00:16:49.100><c> went</c><00:16:49.340><c> away,</c>

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he<00:16:50.299><c> would</c><00:16:50.559><c> turn</c><00:16:50.759><c> his</c><00:16:51.000><c> eye</c><00:16:51.139><c> to</c><00:16:51.259><c> this</c><00:16:51.519><c> smug</c><00:16:51.860><c> crowd</c>

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and<00:16:55.200><c> probably</c><00:16:55.460><c> whispering</c><00:16:55.879><c> one</c><00:16:56.100><c> to</c><00:16:56.259><c> another,</c>

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well,<00:16:57.980><c> you'd</c><00:16:58.500><c> never</c><00:16:58.840><c> believe</c><00:16:59.340><c> it,</c><00:16:59.580><c> would</c><00:16:59.779><c> you?</c>

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which<00:17:10.279><c> he</c><00:17:10.460><c> had</c><00:17:10.700><c> endured</c><00:17:10.960><c> to</c><00:17:11.140><c> that</c><00:17:11.279><c> point</c><00:17:11.519><c> of</c><00:17:11.819><c> time,</c>

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and<00:17:12.220><c> with</c><00:17:12.319><c> the</c><00:17:12.500><c> golden</c><00:17:12.839><c> voice</c>

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And<00:17:20.200><c> this</c><00:17:20.440><c> smug</c><00:17:20.740><c> crowd</c><00:17:21.119><c> would</c><00:17:21.380><c> perhaps</c>

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be<00:17:22.180><c> discussing</c><00:17:22.599><c> this</c><00:17:22.920><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:17:23.740><c> their</c><00:17:23.940><c> estimation</c><00:17:24.460><c> of</c><00:17:24.680><c> John</c>

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may<00:17:25.140><c> have</c><00:17:25.400><c> lowered</c><00:17:26.079><c> someone</c><00:17:26.420><c> of</c><00:17:26.559><c> their</c><00:17:26.799><c> mind,</c>

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and<00:17:27.400><c> our</c><00:17:27.619><c> Lord</c><00:17:27.819><c> could</c><00:17:28.140><c> not</c><00:17:28.660><c> stand</c><00:17:29.039><c> that,</c>

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brothers<00:17:29.539><c> and</c><00:17:29.720><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:17:30.759><c> could</c><00:17:31.019><c> not</c><00:17:31.359><c> stand</c><00:17:31.720><c> that.</c>

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And<00:17:32.099><c> I</c><00:17:32.319><c> believe</c><00:17:32.839><c> that</c><00:17:33.160><c> their</c><00:17:33.400><c> smugness</c>

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would<00:17:34.559><c> be</c><00:17:34.859><c> wiped</c><00:17:35.119><c> off</c><00:17:35.359><c> their</c><00:17:35.720><c> face</c><00:17:36.000><c> in</c><00:17:36.180><c> a</c><00:17:36.539><c> flash</c>

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when<00:17:37.579><c> he</c><00:17:38.339><c> swung</c><00:17:38.599><c> on</c><00:17:38.819><c> them</c>

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and<00:17:39.119><c> they</c><00:17:39.299><c> would</c><00:17:39.460><c> have</c><00:17:39.660><c> seen</c><00:17:39.880><c> our</c><00:17:40.160><c> Lord</c>

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of<00:17:43.180><c> righteous</c><00:17:43.579><c> anger.</c>

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a<00:17:47.259><c> sight</c><00:17:47.440><c> to</c><00:17:47.700><c> behold.</c>

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every<00:17:52.319><c> righteous</c><00:17:52.839><c> reason</c>

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And<00:17:56.440><c> yet,</c><00:17:56.619><c> you</c><00:17:56.720><c> know,</c>

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as<00:17:57.160><c> he</c><00:17:57.440><c> launched</c><00:17:57.700><c> into</c><00:17:57.900><c> them</c><00:17:58.039><c> in</c><00:17:58.220><c> a</c><00:17:58.359><c> dissertation</c>

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and<00:18:15.660><c> he</c><00:18:15.819><c> reached</c><00:18:16.039><c> that</c><00:18:16.240><c> objective</c>

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Note<00:18:30.500><c> what</c><00:18:30.660><c> he</c><00:18:30.859><c> said.</c>

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was<00:18:41.599><c> his</c><00:18:41.859><c> voice.</c>

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I<00:18:53.160><c> am</c><00:18:53.420><c> not,</c><00:18:54.000><c> no.</c>

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He<00:19:02.779><c> was</c><00:19:03.000><c> the</c><00:19:03.200><c> voice,</c><00:19:03.460><c> alright,</c>

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it<00:19:10.599><c> was</c><00:19:10.839><c> Luke</c><00:19:11.140><c> who</c><00:19:11.380><c> said</c>

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of<00:19:15.220><c> his</c><00:19:15.680><c> showing</c><00:19:16.220><c> unto</c><00:19:16.619><c> Israel.</c>

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Showing!

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So<00:19:20.220><c> more</c><00:19:20.500><c> than</c><00:19:20.700><c> a</c><00:19:20.819><c> voice.</c>

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And<00:19:22.079><c> the</c><00:19:22.200><c> word</c><00:19:22.339><c> in</c><00:19:22.480><c> the</c><00:19:22.640><c> Greek</c>

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What<00:20:43.119><c> right</c><00:20:43.339><c> has</c><00:20:43.539><c> anyone</c>

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got,<00:20:44.259><c> brothers</c><00:20:44.400><c> and</c><00:20:44.440><c> sisters?</c>

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ecclesia<00:20:47.859><c> of</c><00:20:48.140><c> that,</c><00:20:48.619><c> of</c><00:20:49.180><c> recent</c>

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days,

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lapses<00:21:06.400><c> and</c><00:21:06.700><c> this</c><00:21:07.059><c> gossip</c>

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about<00:21:07.819><c> their</c><00:21:08.079><c> weakness.</c><00:21:09.240><c> We</c><00:21:09.440><c> don't</c>

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ever<00:21:10.099><c> think</c><00:21:10.519><c> about</c><00:21:10.759><c> all</c><00:21:10.960><c> they've</c><00:21:11.220><c> done</c>

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myself,<00:21:14.180><c> nothing</c><00:21:14.440><c> to</c><00:21:14.619><c> do</c><00:21:14.720><c> with</c><00:21:14.940><c> me.</c><00:21:15.140><c> I</c><00:21:15.279><c> know</c><00:21:15.420><c> who</c><00:21:15.519><c> I've</c>

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got<00:21:15.799><c> in</c><00:21:15.920><c> my</c><00:21:16.160><c> mind.</c><00:21:17.000><c> And</c><00:21:17.200><c> it</c><00:21:17.400><c> hurts</c><00:21:17.599><c> me</c>

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to<00:21:17.839><c> be</c><00:21:17.839><c> the</c><00:21:18.160><c> quick</c><00:21:18.359><c> to</c><00:21:18.819><c> hear</c><00:21:19.079><c> those</c><00:21:19.380><c> criticisms</c>

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about<00:21:19.940><c> people</c><00:21:20.460><c> who</c><00:21:20.819><c> momentarily</c><00:21:21.539><c> may</c>

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lose<00:21:22.339><c> their</c><00:21:22.640><c> concentration</c><00:21:23.319><c> perhaps,</c>

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may<00:21:24.720><c> have</c><00:21:24.920><c> their</c><00:21:25.079><c> moments</c><00:21:25.440><c> of</c><00:21:25.660><c> depression</c>

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in<00:21:26.660><c> life,</c><00:21:27.539><c> and</c><00:21:27.700><c> may</c>

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manifest<00:21:28.440><c> some</c><00:21:28.859><c> pettiness</c><00:21:29.380><c> and</c><00:21:29.619><c> weakness</c>

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like<00:21:30.579><c> we</c><00:21:30.799><c> all</c><00:21:31.059><c> do.</c>

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And<00:21:32.839><c> quickly,</c>

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in<00:21:34.119><c> a</c><00:21:34.400><c> flash,</c><00:21:34.819><c> we've</c><00:21:35.079><c> forgotten</c><00:21:35.440><c> a</c><00:21:35.799><c> lifetime</c>

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of<00:21:36.599><c> devotion,</c>

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of<00:21:38.299><c> care</c><00:21:38.619><c> and</c><00:21:38.859><c> nurture,</c>

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of<00:21:40.319><c> loveliness.</c><00:21:41.119><c> Like</c><00:21:41.420><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:21:42.359><c> what</c><00:21:42.519><c> we</c><00:21:42.680><c> like.</c><00:21:43.500><c> We're</c><00:21:43.680><c> all</c>

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like<00:21:44.079><c> that,</c><00:21:44.480><c> petty,</c><00:21:44.880><c> the</c><00:21:44.960><c> whole</c><00:21:45.119><c> lot</c><00:21:45.240><c> of</c><00:21:45.380><c> us.</c>

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And<00:21:46.519><c> Jesus</c><00:21:46.759><c> would</c><00:21:47.000><c> have</c><00:21:47.099><c> swung</c><00:21:47.220><c> on</c><00:21:47.400><c> this</c><00:21:47.640><c> crowd.</c>

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They'd<00:21:48.640><c> forgotten</c><00:21:48.900><c> in</c><00:21:49.119><c> a</c><00:21:49.339><c> flash</c>

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John<00:21:49.920><c> the</c><00:21:50.079><c> Baptist.</c><00:21:51.200><c> They</c><00:21:51.240><c> were</c><00:21:51.460><c> quickly</c>

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reminded,<00:21:52.480><c> brethren</c><00:21:52.619><c> and</c><00:21:52.900><c> sisters,</c><00:21:53.460><c> what</c>

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went<00:21:54.039><c> ye</c><00:21:54.180><c> out</c><00:21:54.319><c> to</c><00:21:54.640><c> see?</c><00:21:55.259><c> A</c><00:21:55.660><c> reed</c>

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shaken<00:21:56.420><c> in</c><00:21:56.599><c> the</c><00:21:56.779><c> wind?</c>

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Did<00:21:58.460><c> they?</c>

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Did<00:22:00.019><c> they</c><00:22:00.240><c> go</c><00:22:00.359><c> out</c><00:22:00.539><c> to</c><00:22:00.819><c> see</c><00:22:01.200><c> a</c><00:22:01.759><c> reed</c>

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shaken<00:22:02.559><c> in</c><00:22:02.759><c> the</c><00:22:02.900><c> wind?</c><00:22:03.299><c> A</c><00:22:03.339><c> man,</c>

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brethren<00:22:04.000><c> and</c><00:22:04.279><c> sisters,</c><00:22:04.559><c> who</c><00:22:04.559><c> was</c><00:22:04.900><c> swayed</c><00:22:05.220><c> by</c><00:22:05.440><c> the</c><00:22:05.740><c> blast</c>

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of<00:22:06.500><c> popular</c><00:22:06.759><c> opinion?</c><00:22:07.400><c> Did</c><00:22:07.640><c> they?</c>

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Think<00:22:09.559><c> again.</c>

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Let<00:22:10.819><c> us</c><00:22:10.920><c> take</c><00:22:11.099><c> their</c><00:22:11.359><c> minds</c><00:22:11.619><c> back</c>

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to<00:22:12.079><c> the</c><00:22:12.240><c> Jordan.</c>

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When<00:22:14.359><c> the</c><00:22:14.599><c> self</c><00:22:14.859><c>-righteous,</c>

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supercilious<00:22:16.539><c> Pharisees</c><00:22:17.059><c> came</c>

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there,<00:22:17.960><c> dressed</c><00:22:18.200><c> in</c><00:22:18.380><c> their</c><00:22:18.579><c> gorgeous</c>

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robes,<00:22:19.559><c> did</c><00:22:19.720><c> he</c><00:22:19.880><c> spare</c><00:22:20.240><c> them?</c>

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Was<00:22:21.279><c> he</c><00:22:21.460><c> a</c><00:22:21.579><c> reed</c><00:22:21.799><c> shaken</c><00:22:22.019><c> in</c><00:22:22.200><c> the</c><00:22:22.319><c> wind?</c>

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Did<00:22:23.619><c> he</c><00:22:23.839><c> bow</c><00:22:24.119><c> in</c><00:22:24.380><c> deference</c><00:22:24.680><c> to</c><00:22:24.839><c> their</c>

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greatness?<00:22:25.680><c> Did</c><00:22:25.859><c> he</c><00:22:25.940><c> care</c><00:22:26.279><c> for</c><00:22:26.519><c> popular</c>

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opinion?<00:22:27.240><c> He</c><00:22:27.339><c> did</c><00:22:27.619><c> not.</c><00:22:28.319><c> He</c>

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tore<00:22:29.180><c> strips</c><00:22:29.480><c> off</c><00:22:29.720><c> them</c><00:22:29.859><c> in</c><00:22:30.079><c> public.</c>

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What<00:22:31.619><c> did</c><00:22:31.779><c> he</c><00:22:31.920><c> do</c><00:22:31.960><c> with</c><00:22:32.140><c> the</c><00:22:32.339><c> soldiers,</c>

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the<00:22:32.900><c> brutal</c><00:22:33.240><c> soldiers</c><00:22:33.640><c> who</c><00:22:33.839><c> turned</c><00:22:34.099><c> up</c>

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with<00:22:35.319><c> their</c><00:22:35.539><c> weaponry,</c><00:22:36.380><c> leaning</c><00:22:36.680><c> on</c>

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their<00:22:37.180><c> spears</c><00:22:37.460><c> and</c><00:22:37.599><c> their</c><00:22:37.839><c> swords</c><00:22:38.180><c> as</c><00:22:38.500><c> they</c>

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peered<00:22:39.079><c> down</c><00:22:39.400><c> over</c><00:22:39.619><c> the</c><00:22:39.759><c> wilderness</c><00:22:40.039><c> of</c><00:22:40.299><c> Judea?</c>

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Did<00:22:41.519><c> he</c><00:22:41.640><c> quail,</c><00:22:42.180><c> brethren</c><00:22:42.480><c> and</c><00:22:42.680><c> sisters,</c>

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before<00:22:43.119><c> the</c><00:22:43.400><c> muscle</c><00:22:43.660><c> and</c><00:22:43.880><c> might</c><00:22:44.039><c> of</c><00:22:44.299><c> Rome</c>

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or<00:22:45.220><c> the</c><00:22:45.440><c> mercenaries</c><00:22:45.759><c> had</c><00:22:45.980><c> gathered</c><00:22:46.160><c> there?</c>

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He<00:22:46.839><c> did</c><00:22:47.099><c> not.</c>

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He<00:22:49.400><c> fronted</c><00:22:49.680><c> them</c><00:22:49.940><c> up</c>

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straight<00:22:51.140><c> to</c><00:22:51.319><c> their</c><00:22:51.519><c> face</c><00:22:51.960><c> and</c><00:22:52.339><c> told</c><00:22:52.619><c> them</c>

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what<00:22:52.920><c> they</c><00:22:53.099><c> ought</c><00:22:53.240><c> to</c><00:22:53.339><c> be</c><00:22:53.480><c> doing</c><00:22:53.599><c> about</c><00:22:53.880><c> their</c><00:22:54.140><c> wages,</c>

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a<00:22:54.920><c> sensitive</c><00:22:55.299><c> issue</c><00:22:55.599><c> among</c><00:22:55.859><c> soldiers</c>

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and<00:22:57.599><c> the</c><00:22:57.799><c> publicans</c><00:22:58.240><c> and</c><00:22:58.359><c> the</c><00:22:58.559><c> crooks</c>

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that<00:22:59.059><c> came.</c><00:23:00.440><c> Did</c><00:23:00.640><c> he,</c>

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brothers<00:23:01.059><c> and</c><00:23:01.319><c> sisters,</c><00:23:02.480><c> spare</c><00:23:02.700><c> them</c>

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anything?<00:23:03.559><c> He</c><00:23:03.779><c> did</c><00:23:04.059><c> not.</c><00:23:04.400><c> What</c><00:23:04.640><c> about</c>

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Herod<00:23:05.180><c> Herod,</c><00:23:05.640><c> the</c><00:23:05.880><c> great</c><00:23:06.180><c> Herod</c><00:23:06.559><c> Antipas,</c>

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who<00:23:07.640><c> had</c><00:23:07.859><c> married</c><00:23:08.039><c> his</c><00:23:08.259><c> brother</c><00:23:08.480><c> Philip's</c>

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wife?<00:23:09.640><c> Did</c><00:23:09.819><c> he</c><00:23:09.920><c> tell</c><00:23:10.160><c> him</c><00:23:10.259><c> that</c><00:23:10.380><c> it</c><00:23:10.420><c> was</c><00:23:10.640><c> all</c><00:23:10.839><c> right</c>

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because<00:23:11.559><c> he</c><00:23:11.660><c> was</c><00:23:11.940><c> caught</c><00:23:12.119><c> in</c><00:23:12.319><c> favour</c><00:23:12.759><c> with</c>

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Herod?<00:23:13.299><c> He</c><00:23:13.519><c> did</c><00:23:13.819><c> not.</c>

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He<00:23:15.660><c> fronted</c><00:23:15.859><c> him</c><00:23:16.039><c> up</c><00:23:16.319><c> not</c><00:23:16.400><c> once,</c><00:23:16.779><c> not</c>

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twice,<00:23:17.500><c> but</c><00:23:17.759><c> continually.</c>

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It<00:23:19.440><c> cost</c><00:23:19.740><c> him</c><00:23:19.900><c> his</c><00:23:20.079><c> life</c><00:23:20.299><c> in</c><00:23:20.500><c> the</c><00:23:20.640><c> end.</c>

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What<00:23:21.799><c> went</c><00:23:22.000><c> she</c><00:23:22.220><c> out</c><00:23:22.359><c> to</c><00:23:22.660><c> see,</c>

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a<00:23:23.880><c> reed</c><00:23:24.640><c> shaken</c>

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in<00:23:25.240><c> the</c><00:23:25.400><c> wind?</c><00:23:26.380><c> I</c><00:23:26.519><c> tell</c><00:23:26.819><c> you,</c>

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a<00:23:27.980><c> man</c><00:23:28.279><c> in</c><00:23:28.660><c> soft</c>

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raiment,<00:23:29.480><c> says</c><00:23:29.619><c> the</c><00:23:29.819><c> Lord.</c><00:23:30.079><c> Is</c><00:23:30.299><c> that</c><00:23:30.480><c> what</c><00:23:30.660><c> you</c><00:23:30.819><c> went</c>

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out<00:23:31.099><c> to</c><00:23:31.339><c> see?</c><00:23:31.779><c> A</c><00:23:31.859><c> man</c><00:23:32.299><c> clothed</c><00:23:32.779><c> in</c>

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soft<00:23:33.259><c> raiment?</c>

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I<00:23:35.559><c> won't</c><00:23:35.880><c> tell</c><00:23:36.160><c> you,</c>

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brothers<00:23:37.059><c> and</c><00:23:37.099><c> sisters,</c><00:23:37.680><c> exactly</c><00:23:38.039><c> what</c><00:23:38.279><c> that</c>

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Greek<00:23:39.000><c> word</c><00:23:39.220><c> has</c><00:23:39.359><c> been</c><00:23:39.579><c> used</c><00:23:39.859><c> for.</c>

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Sufficient<00:23:41.339><c> to</c><00:23:41.579><c> say</c><00:23:41.799><c> this,</c>

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it's<00:23:43.200><c> used</c><00:23:43.460><c> of</c><00:23:43.660><c> men</c>

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who<00:23:45.240><c> are</c><00:23:45.559><c> effeminate</c>

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and<00:23:47.119><c> he'd</c><00:23:47.299><c> been</c><00:23:47.519><c> looking</c><00:23:47.700><c> at</c><00:23:47.940><c> that</c><00:23:48.220><c> crowd,</c>

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a<00:23:49.859><c> crowd</c><00:23:50.079><c> that</c><00:23:50.259><c> he</c><00:23:50.500><c> called</c>

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itself<00:23:51.220><c> an</c><00:23:51.740><c> adulterous</c><00:23:52.339><c> generation</c>

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whose<00:23:53.640><c> sins</c><00:23:54.000><c> reached</c><00:23:54.599><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:55.059><c> sky.</c><00:23:55.920><c> And</c><00:23:55.920><c> he</c><00:23:55.980><c> says,</c><00:23:56.319><c> did</c><00:23:56.420><c> you</c><00:23:56.460><c> go</c><00:23:56.599><c> out</c>

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and<00:23:57.039><c> saw</c><00:23:57.200><c> an</c><00:23:57.420><c> effeminate</c><00:23:58.000><c> man?</c><00:23:58.579><c> Did</c>

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they?<00:23:59.500><c> Look</c><00:23:59.740><c> at</c><00:23:59.839><c> him,</c><00:24:00.079><c> brothers</c><00:24:00.220><c> and</c><00:24:00.299><c> sisters.</c>

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There<00:24:01.440><c> never</c><00:24:01.759><c> was</c><00:24:02.059><c> such</c><00:24:02.319><c> an</c>

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exhibition<00:24:03.240><c> of</c><00:24:03.619><c> manliness</c><00:24:04.019><c> as</c><00:24:04.200><c> they</c><00:24:04.380><c> saw</c>

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there,<00:24:06.180><c> living</c><00:24:06.539><c> in</c><00:24:06.720><c> the</c><00:24:06.859><c> rigours</c>

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of<00:24:07.240><c> the</c><00:24:07.400><c> desert,</c><00:24:08.099><c> prepared</c><00:24:08.500><c> to</c><00:24:08.640><c> accept</c>

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that<00:24:09.339><c> for</c><00:24:09.500><c> Christ's</c><00:24:10.240><c> sake,</c><00:24:10.259><c> for</c><00:24:10.400><c> God's</c><00:24:10.880><c> sake,</c>

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living<00:24:12.279><c> a</c><00:24:12.460><c> life</c><00:24:12.619><c> of</c>

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privation<00:24:13.460><c> where</c><00:24:13.660><c> everybody</c><00:24:13.960><c> else</c><00:24:14.339><c> had</c><00:24:14.500><c> a</c><00:24:14.539><c> wonderful</c>

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life<00:24:15.220><c> to</c><00:24:15.420><c> live,</c><00:24:16.180><c> breathing</c><00:24:16.559><c> the</c>

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fresh<00:24:17.079><c> air</c><00:24:17.319><c> and</c><00:24:17.460><c> eating</c><00:24:17.960><c> nature's</c><00:24:18.640><c> goodness.</c>

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Was<00:24:19.420><c> that</c><00:24:19.720><c> an</c><00:24:19.880><c> effeminate</c><00:24:20.400><c> man?</c>

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And<00:24:21.119><c> look</c><00:24:21.240><c> at</c><00:24:21.339><c> some</c><00:24:21.559><c> of</c><00:24:21.640><c> this</c><00:24:21.900><c> crowd</c><00:24:22.240><c> that</c>

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were<00:24:23.220><c> laughing</c><00:24:23.500><c> up</c><00:24:23.720><c> their</c><00:24:23.920><c> sleeves</c><00:24:24.220><c> at</c><00:24:24.339><c> him.</c>

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The<00:24:25.019><c> Lord</c><00:24:25.259><c> could</c><00:24:25.740><c> scarcely</c><00:24:26.160><c> have</c><00:24:26.440><c> restrained</c>

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himself,<00:24:27.420><c> could</c><00:24:27.420><c> he?</c><00:24:28.380><c> He</c><00:24:28.480><c> says,</c>

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did<00:24:28.940><c> you</c><00:24:29.059><c> go</c><00:24:29.220><c> out</c><00:24:29.259><c> to</c><00:24:29.339><c> see</c><00:24:29.559><c> a</c><00:24:29.759><c> man,</c><00:24:30.200><c> gorgeously</c>

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appareled,<00:24:31.440><c> he</c><00:24:31.440><c> says?</c>

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Behold,<00:24:33.339><c> he</c><00:24:33.339><c> says,</c><00:24:33.680><c> they</c><00:24:33.980><c> that</c><00:24:34.119><c> are</c>

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gorgeously<00:24:34.720><c> appareled</c><00:24:35.299><c> and</c><00:24:35.480><c> live</c><00:24:35.660><c> delicately</c>

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are<00:24:36.259><c> in</c><00:24:36.500><c> King's</c><00:24:36.940><c> court.</c><00:24:37.380><c> And</c><00:24:37.640><c> in</c><00:24:37.819><c> among</c><00:24:38.059><c> that</c>

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crowd,<00:24:38.799><c> brothers</c><00:24:38.940><c> and</c><00:24:39.180><c> sisters,</c><00:24:39.420><c> was</c><00:24:39.619><c> exactly</c>

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that<00:24:40.640><c> class.</c>

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There<00:24:42.799><c> was</c><00:24:42.980><c> a</c><00:24:43.200><c> class</c><00:24:43.519><c> there</c><00:24:43.819><c> called</c>

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the<00:24:44.839><c> Herodians.</c>

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And<00:24:47.299><c> they</c><00:24:47.460><c> were</c><00:24:47.700><c> formerly</c>

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scribes

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who<00:24:50.599><c> had</c><00:24:50.740><c> the</c><00:24:51.019><c> honoured</c><00:24:51.940><c> task</c>

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of<00:24:53.539><c> ascribing</c>

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the<00:24:54.440><c> law</c><00:24:54.680><c> of</c><00:24:54.880><c> God</c><00:24:55.180><c> for</c><00:24:55.380><c> other</c><00:24:55.640><c> people</c>

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into<00:24:57.079><c> parchments</c>

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and<00:24:58.240><c> to</c><00:24:58.559><c> interpret</c><00:24:58.960><c> that</c><00:24:59.240><c> law.</c>

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The<00:25:00.500><c> honourable</c><00:25:01.160><c> task</c><00:25:01.539><c> they</c><00:25:01.740><c> had</c>

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of<00:25:02.480><c> marking</c><00:25:02.940><c> their</c><00:25:03.299><c> Bible</c>

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as<00:25:03.940><c> it</c><00:25:04.220><c> were.</c><00:25:05.559><c> And</c><00:25:05.579><c> for</c>

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that<00:25:05.960><c> purpose,</c><00:25:06.960><c> they</c><00:25:07.000><c> were</c><00:25:07.240><c> marked</c><00:25:07.519><c> out</c>

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in<00:25:07.839><c> Israel</c><00:25:08.279><c> dressed</c><00:25:08.759><c> in</c><00:25:09.119><c> pure</c><00:25:09.480><c> white.</c>

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But<00:25:11.119><c> some</c><00:25:11.539><c> of</c>

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them,<00:25:12.579><c> that</c><00:25:12.819><c> wasn't</c><00:25:13.099><c> good</c><00:25:13.380><c> enough.</c>

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And<00:25:14.680><c> they</c><00:25:14.920><c> changed</c><00:25:15.319><c> that,</c>

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brothers<00:25:15.880><c> and</c><00:25:16.099><c> sisters,</c><00:25:16.480><c> for</c><00:25:17.299><c> the</c><00:25:17.579><c> more</c>

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opulent<00:25:18.539><c> gowns</c><00:25:19.039><c> of</c><00:25:19.299><c> the</c><00:25:19.539><c> courts</c>

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of<00:25:20.079><c> Herod,</c><00:25:20.779><c> the</c><00:25:21.039><c> purple,</c>

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the<00:25:21.839><c> royal</c><00:25:22.200><c> purple.</c><00:25:22.740><c> They</c><00:25:23.160><c> lived</c>

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delicately<00:25:24.279><c> in</c><00:25:24.500><c> King's</c><00:25:24.920><c> courts</c><00:25:25.200><c> and</c><00:25:25.539><c> they</c>

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were<00:25:26.119><c> traitors</c><00:25:26.480><c> to</c><00:25:26.700><c> the</c><00:25:26.839><c> Jewish</c><00:25:27.140><c> cause.</c>

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Nay,<00:25:28.500><c> they</c><00:25:28.700><c> were</c><00:25:29.140><c> traitors</c><00:25:29.500><c> to</c><00:25:29.740><c> the</c>

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word<00:25:30.200><c> of</c><00:25:30.480><c> God,</c><00:25:31.019><c> which</c><00:25:31.119><c> they</c><00:25:31.299><c> had</c><00:25:31.420><c> been</c><00:25:31.579><c> given</c>

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the<00:25:32.000><c> great</c><00:25:32.240><c> privilege</c><00:25:32.619><c> to</c><00:25:32.839><c> ascribe.</c>

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And<00:25:34.039><c> they</c><00:25:34.259><c> had</c><00:25:34.420><c> become</c><00:25:34.599><c> traitors</c><00:25:35.240><c> to</c><00:25:35.440><c> that.</c>

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He<00:25:35.880><c> said,</c><00:25:35.980><c> did</c><00:25:36.119><c> you</c><00:25:36.319><c> see</c><00:25:36.579><c> John</c><00:25:36.859><c> like</c><00:25:37.180><c> that?</c>

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How<00:25:39.000><c> was</c><00:25:39.240><c> he</c><00:25:39.559><c> clothed,</c>

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brothers<00:25:40.099><c> and</c><00:25:40.319><c> sisters?</c><00:25:41.200><c> How</c><00:25:41.440><c> was</c>

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he<00:25:42.119><c> clothed?</c>

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Now<00:25:44.119><c> he</c><00:25:44.259><c> would</c><00:25:44.480><c> think</c><00:25:44.640><c> of</c><00:25:44.779><c> it.</c><00:25:45.119><c> The</c><00:25:45.259><c> Lord</c>

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would<00:25:45.799><c> be</c><00:25:45.980><c> talking</c><00:25:46.200><c> to</c><00:25:46.339><c> him</c><00:25:46.380><c> in</c><00:25:46.539><c> verse</c><00:25:46.740><c> 26,</c>

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but<00:25:47.740><c> what</c><00:25:48.059><c> went</c><00:25:48.240><c> ye</c><00:25:48.460><c> out</c><00:25:48.680><c> for</c><00:25:48.799><c> to</c><00:25:49.079><c> see?</c>

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He<00:25:49.680><c> repeats</c><00:25:50.160><c> that.</c><00:25:50.579><c> Why?</c><00:25:51.140><c> Because</c>

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he<00:25:52.160><c> knew</c><00:25:52.619><c> that</c><00:25:53.000><c> all</c><00:25:53.200><c> the</c><00:25:53.400><c> people</c>

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believed<00:25:54.019><c> that</c><00:25:54.220><c> John</c><00:25:54.380><c> was</c><00:25:54.599><c> a</c><00:25:54.839><c> prophet.</c>

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It<00:25:56.460><c> says</c><00:25:56.779><c> that.</c>

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That<00:25:57.519><c> all</c><00:25:57.680><c> the</c><00:25:57.880><c> people</c><00:25:58.119><c> counted</c><00:25:58.480><c> John</c><00:25:58.720><c> as</c><00:25:58.900><c> a</c><00:25:59.099><c> prophet.</c>

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So<00:25:59.779><c> the</c><00:25:59.940><c> Lord</c><00:26:00.240><c> says</c><00:26:00.519><c> to</c><00:26:00.819><c> them,</c>

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what<00:26:01.339><c> went</c><00:26:01.519><c> ye</c><00:26:01.740><c> out</c><00:26:01.839><c> to</c><00:26:02.019><c> see?</c><00:26:02.240><c> A</c><00:26:02.539><c> prophet.</c>

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And<00:26:03.059><c> they'd</c><00:26:03.240><c> all</c><00:26:03.420><c> start</c><00:26:03.559><c> thinking</c><00:26:03.740><c> to</c><00:26:03.859><c> themselves,</c><00:26:04.859><c> oh,</c><00:26:04.900><c> goodness.</c>

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Well,<00:26:05.920><c> here's</c><00:26:06.200><c> the</c><00:26:06.359><c> justification.</c>

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Yes,<00:26:07.240><c> we</c><00:26:07.380><c> really</c><00:26:07.599><c> do</c><00:26:07.819><c> believe</c><00:26:08.039><c> John</c><00:26:08.339><c> was</c><00:26:08.619><c> a</c><00:26:08.859><c> prophet.</c>

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So<00:26:09.299><c> we've</c><00:26:09.640><c> got</c><00:26:09.779><c> something</c><00:26:10.019><c> on</c><00:26:10.220><c> our</c><00:26:10.400><c> side.</c>

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A<00:26:11.319><c> prophet,</c><00:26:11.539><c> he</c><00:26:11.720><c> says,</c><00:26:12.240><c> not</c><00:26:12.519><c> good</c><00:26:12.819><c> enough.</c>

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Not<00:26:14.740><c> good</c><00:26:14.980><c> enough.</c>

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A<00:26:15.920><c> prophet,</c><00:26:16.700><c> more</c><00:26:17.039><c> than</c><00:26:17.240><c> a</c>

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prophet.<00:26:18.140><c> You</c><00:26:18.359><c> imagine</c><00:26:18.799><c> them</c>

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real<00:26:19.339><c> under</c><00:26:19.539><c> that</c><00:26:19.799><c> blast.</c><00:26:20.519><c> So</c><00:26:20.759><c> you</c><00:26:20.900><c> think</c>

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you're<00:26:21.400><c> paying</c><00:26:21.559><c> deference</c><00:26:21.940><c> to</c><00:26:22.160><c> John,</c><00:26:22.519><c> do</c><00:26:22.660><c> you?</c>

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So<00:26:23.400><c> you</c><00:26:23.599><c> think</c><00:26:23.720><c> you're</c><00:26:23.900><c> doing</c><00:26:24.059><c> him</c><00:26:24.299><c> an</c><00:26:24.440><c> honour</c><00:26:24.559><c> and</c><00:26:24.759><c> a</c><00:26:24.859><c> privilege</c>

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because<00:26:25.420><c> you</c><00:26:25.720><c> think</c><00:26:25.880><c> he's</c><00:26:26.140><c> a</c><00:26:26.299><c> prophet?</c><00:26:26.500><c> I'm</c><00:26:26.819><c> telling</c><00:26:26.960><c> you</c>

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you<00:26:27.160><c> don't</c><00:26:27.380><c> know</c><00:26:27.599><c> the</c><00:26:27.859><c> half.</c><00:26:28.259><c> He's</c><00:26:28.680><c> more</c>

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than<00:26:29.240><c> a</c><00:26:29.440><c> prophet.</c><00:26:29.940><c> What</c><00:26:30.099><c> could</c><00:26:30.259><c> be</c><00:26:30.400><c> more</c><00:26:30.640><c> than</c><00:26:30.799><c> a</c>

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prophet,<00:26:31.339><c> brothers</c><00:26:31.460><c> and</c><00:26:31.660><c> sisters?</c><00:26:32.460><c> What</c><00:26:32.680><c> could</c>

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be<00:26:33.099><c> more</c><00:26:33.319><c> than</c><00:26:33.460><c> a</c><00:26:33.660><c> prophet?</c><00:26:34.140><c> And</c><00:26:34.359><c> they'd</c><00:26:34.599><c> be</c><00:26:34.740><c> thinking</c>

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that.<00:26:35.200><c> Was</c><00:26:35.339><c> he</c><00:26:35.460><c> the</c><00:26:35.579><c> Messiah?</c>

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No,<00:26:37.140><c> says</c><00:26:37.240><c> Jesus.</c>

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This<00:26:39.019><c> is</c><00:26:39.380><c> he</c><00:26:40.039><c> of</c><00:26:40.720><c> whom</c>

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it<00:26:40.960><c> is</c><00:26:41.119><c> written,</c><00:26:42.000><c> Behold</c><00:26:42.259><c> I</c><00:26:42.440><c> send</c><00:26:42.640><c> my</c>

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messenger<00:26:43.200><c> before</c><00:26:43.559><c> thy</c><00:26:43.819><c> face,</c><00:26:44.759><c> which</c>

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shall<00:26:45.079><c> prepare</c><00:26:45.400><c> thy</c><00:26:45.700><c> way</c><00:26:46.460><c> before</c>

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thee.<00:26:48.180><c> You</c><00:26:48.339><c> see,</c><00:26:48.640><c> brothers</c><00:26:48.759><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:26:50.740><c> all</c>

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prophets<00:26:51.519><c> prophesied</c><00:26:52.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:53.240><c> coming</c><00:26:53.420><c> of</c><00:26:53.619><c> the</c><00:26:53.759><c> just</c><00:26:54.019><c> one.</c>

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But<00:26:55.940><c> John</c><00:26:56.220><c> stood</c><00:26:56.599><c> there</c><00:26:56.799><c> and</c>

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introduced<00:26:57.339><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:26:59.420><c> more</c><00:26:59.680><c> than</c><00:26:59.819><c> a</c><00:27:00.019><c> prophet.</c>

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You<00:27:01.460><c> see,</c><00:27:02.119><c> all</c><00:27:02.200><c> gods,</c><00:27:02.660><c> all</c>

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the<00:27:03.279><c> greatness</c><00:27:03.779><c> that's</c><00:27:04.759><c> attached</c>

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to<00:27:05.299><c> men,</c><00:27:05.759><c> according</c><00:27:06.259><c> to</c><00:27:06.740><c> the</c>

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commendation<00:27:07.720><c> of</c><00:27:07.900><c> God,</c>

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is<00:27:09.539><c> based</c><00:27:09.839><c> upon</c><00:27:10.259><c> the</c><00:27:10.720><c> relationship</c>

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they<00:27:11.279><c> had</c><00:27:11.400><c> to</c><00:27:11.559><c> his</c><00:27:11.759><c> son.</c>

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Whether<00:27:13.980><c> they</c><00:27:14.259><c> were</c><00:27:14.500><c> prophets</c><00:27:14.759><c> before</c>

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he<00:27:15.380><c> came,</c><00:27:15.779><c> or</c><00:27:15.920><c> whether</c><00:27:15.980><c> they</c><00:27:16.059><c> were</c><00:27:16.220><c> disciples</c><00:27:16.599><c> who</c><00:27:16.779><c> lived</c>

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afterwards.<00:27:18.220><c> Every</c><00:27:18.460><c> man</c>

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will<00:27:19.019><c> be</c><00:27:19.140><c> in</c><00:27:19.220><c> the</c><00:27:19.400><c> kingdom,</c><00:27:19.640><c> brothers</c><00:27:19.900><c> and</c><00:27:20.160><c> sisters,</c><00:27:20.559><c> saved</c><00:27:20.799><c> by</c>

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God's<00:27:21.380><c> grace,</c><00:27:21.819><c> not</c><00:27:21.980><c> by</c><00:27:22.220><c> his</c><00:27:22.400><c> own</c><00:27:22.660><c> righteousness.</c>

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But<00:27:23.900><c> there</c><00:27:24.759><c> will</c>

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be<00:27:25.380><c> degrees</c><00:27:25.940><c> of</c><00:27:26.220><c> reward,</c><00:27:26.619><c> won't</c><00:27:26.799><c> there,</c>

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because<00:27:27.299><c> there</c><00:27:27.440><c> are</c><00:27:27.640><c> degrees</c><00:27:28.039><c> of</c><00:27:28.319><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:27:30.140><c> all</c><00:27:30.440><c> those</c><00:27:30.759><c> degrees,</c>

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from<00:27:31.700><c> top</c><00:27:32.059><c> to</c><00:27:32.299><c> bottom,</c>

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will<00:27:33.259><c> be</c><00:27:33.559><c> evaluated</c><00:27:34.099><c> on</c><00:27:34.420><c> the</c><00:27:34.619><c> basis</c>

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of<00:27:35.619><c> Jesus</c><00:27:36.079><c> Christ.</c>

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Nobody<00:27:37.400><c> else,</c><00:27:38.440><c> nothing</c>

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else,<00:27:39.160><c> that</c><00:27:39.359><c> will</c><00:27:39.640><c> be</c><00:27:40.299><c> the</c><00:27:40.640><c> sum</c>

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total<00:27:41.180><c> of</c><00:27:41.359><c> the</c><00:27:41.500><c> evaluation.</c><00:27:42.319><c> Well,</c><00:27:42.680><c> if</c><00:27:42.859><c> the</c>

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prophets<00:27:43.240><c> were</c><00:27:43.519><c> great</c><00:27:43.799><c> because</c><00:27:44.180><c> they</c><00:27:44.480><c> prophesied</c>

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of<00:27:44.940><c> the</c><00:27:45.079><c> coming</c><00:27:45.339><c> one,</c><00:27:46.160><c> what</c><00:27:46.400><c> about</c><00:27:46.539><c> the</c><00:27:46.700><c> one</c>

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that<00:27:47.119><c> stood</c><00:27:47.279><c> there</c><00:27:47.500><c> and</c><00:27:47.660><c> introduced</c><00:27:47.940><c> him?</c>

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Their<00:27:49.660><c> evaluation</c><00:27:50.200><c> was</c><00:27:50.480><c> not</c><00:27:50.640><c> as</c><00:27:50.819><c> to</c>

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which<00:27:51.039><c> was</c><00:27:51.240><c> the</c><00:27:51.440><c> greatest</c><00:27:51.700><c> prophet,</c><00:27:52.240><c> which</c><00:27:52.380><c> endured</c>

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the<00:27:52.920><c> most,</c><00:27:53.180><c> who</c><00:27:53.420><c> spoke</c><00:27:53.680><c> the</c><00:27:53.940><c> better,</c><00:27:54.539><c> who</c><00:27:54.779><c> lived</c>

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the<00:27:55.119><c> better</c><00:27:55.319><c> life</c><00:27:55.539><c> in</c><00:27:55.740><c> that</c><00:27:56.059><c> sense.</c>

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Their<00:27:57.579><c> evaluation</c><00:27:58.240><c> was</c>

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in<00:27:59.279><c> what</c><00:27:59.440><c> relationship</c><00:28:00.099><c> did</c><00:28:00.240><c> they</c><00:28:00.460><c> stand</c>

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to<00:28:00.940><c> the</c><00:28:01.160><c> Christ.</c><00:28:02.400><c> And</c><00:28:02.640><c> none</c>

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stood<00:28:03.140><c> in</c><00:28:03.299><c> the</c><00:28:03.480><c> relationship</c><00:28:03.920><c> that</c><00:28:04.119><c> this</c><00:28:04.319><c> one</c><00:28:04.460><c> did.</c>

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Because<00:28:05.759><c> that's</c><00:28:05.940><c> what</c><00:28:06.099><c> Jesus</c><00:28:06.420><c> said,</c><00:28:06.740><c> you</c><00:28:06.960><c> see.</c>

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This<00:28:08.000><c> is</c><00:28:08.339><c> he</c><00:28:08.579><c> of</c><00:28:08.819><c> whom</c>

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it<00:28:09.140><c> is</c><00:28:09.319><c> said,</c><00:28:09.779><c> Behold</c><00:28:10.079><c> I</c><00:28:10.279><c> send</c><00:28:10.579><c> my</c>

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messenger<00:28:11.380><c> before</c><00:28:12.059><c> thy</c><00:28:12.559><c> face.</c>

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He<00:28:13.359><c> shall</c><00:28:13.500><c> prepare</c><00:28:13.900><c> thy</c><00:28:14.319><c> way</c><00:28:14.579><c> before</c>

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thee.<00:28:15.500><c> That's</c><00:28:15.779><c> John's</c><00:28:16.240><c> greatness.</c>

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He's<00:28:17.220><c> not</c><00:28:17.420><c> talking</c><00:28:17.660><c> about</c><00:28:17.900><c> him</c><00:28:18.259><c> as</c><00:28:18.480><c> being</c><00:28:18.680><c> the</c><00:28:18.839><c> greatest</c>

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of<00:28:19.279><c> all</c><00:28:19.440><c> the</c><00:28:19.640><c> prophets</c><00:28:19.740><c> because</c><00:28:19.900><c> he</c><00:28:20.000><c> was</c><00:28:20.200><c> the</c><00:28:20.339><c> one</c><00:28:20.460><c> who</c><00:28:20.619><c> lived</c>

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the<00:28:20.980><c> best.</c>

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That's<00:28:21.420><c> not</c><00:28:21.700><c> the</c><00:28:21.880><c> point.</c><00:28:22.299><c> It's</c><00:28:22.539><c> his</c><00:28:22.759><c> relationship</c>

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:25.119
to<00:28:23.680><c> the</c><00:28:23.859><c> Son</c><00:28:24.059><c> of</c><00:28:24.299><c> God</c><00:28:24.460><c> that</c><00:28:24.599><c> was</c><00:28:24.839><c> greater.</c>

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That's<00:28:25.500><c> the</c><00:28:25.680><c> point</c><00:28:25.839><c> that</c><00:28:25.960><c> he's</c><00:28:26.059><c> making</c><00:28:26.500><c> from</c><00:28:26.900><c> Malachi</c>

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chapter<00:28:27.759><c> 3.</c><00:28:28.440><c> But</c><00:28:28.539><c> you</c><00:28:28.599><c> know,</c><00:28:28.920><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:28:29.299><c> sisters,</c><00:28:29.500><c> that</c><00:28:29.779><c> crowd</c><00:28:30.079><c> would</c><00:28:30.240><c> have</c><00:28:30.400><c> been</c><00:28:30.799><c> absolutely</c>

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thunderstruck<00:28:32.059><c> by</c><00:28:32.299><c> those</c><00:28:32.559><c> words.</c>

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Because<00:28:33.299><c> if</c><00:28:33.460><c> you</c><00:28:33.519><c> look</c><00:28:33.660><c> at</c><00:28:33.740><c> Malachi</c><00:28:34.140><c> chapter</c><00:28:34.460><c> 3,</c>

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that's<00:28:35.039><c> not</c><00:28:35.259><c> exactly</c><00:28:35.619><c> what</c><00:28:35.819><c> Malachi</c><00:28:36.220><c> said.</c>

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Jesus<00:28:38.059><c> didn't</c><00:28:38.339><c> put</c><00:28:38.460><c> it</c><00:28:38.579><c> like</c><00:28:38.740><c> the</c><00:28:39.000><c> prophet</c>

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put<00:28:39.420><c> it.</c>

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And<00:28:44.819><c> as</c><00:28:45.039><c> he</c>

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claimed<00:28:45.859><c> this</c><00:28:46.140><c> wonderful</c><00:28:46.559><c> honor</c>

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for<00:28:47.019><c> John,</c><00:28:47.440><c> he</c><00:28:47.460><c> didn't</c><00:28:47.759><c> exactly</c><00:28:48.400><c> quote</c>

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:50.250
what<00:28:49.099><c> Malachi</c><00:28:49.440><c> said.</c>

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Malachi<00:28:54.599><c> had</c><00:28:54.839><c> said</c><00:28:55.019><c> this,</c>

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verse<00:28:58.000><c> 1</c><00:28:58.240><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:28:58.680><c> 3,</c><00:29:00.140><c> Behold</c>

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I<00:29:00.720><c> will</c><00:29:00.960><c> send</c><00:29:01.220><c> my</c><00:29:01.539><c> messenger</c>

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and<00:29:03.119><c> he</c><00:29:03.319><c> shall</c><00:29:03.480><c> prepare</c>

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the<00:29:04.339><c> way</c><00:29:04.559><c> before</c><00:29:04.900><c> me.</c>

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But<00:29:06.920><c> Jesus</c><00:29:07.480><c> said,</c><00:29:07.920><c> Behold</c>

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I<00:29:08.380><c> will</c><00:29:08.579><c> send</c><00:29:08.859><c> my</c><00:29:09.200><c> messenger</c><00:29:09.579><c> before</c><00:29:09.980><c> thy</c>

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eyes<00:29:10.660><c> and</c><00:29:11.559><c> he</c><00:29:11.759><c> shall</c><00:29:11.920><c> prepare</c><00:29:12.279><c> thy</c><00:29:12.559><c> way</c>

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before<00:29:13.200><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:29:15.380><c> the</c><00:29:15.500><c> people</c><00:29:15.660><c> would</c><00:29:15.839><c> think</c><00:29:15.980><c> to</c><00:29:16.119><c> themselves</c>

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as<00:29:16.819><c> they're</c><00:29:17.019><c> watching</c><00:29:17.319><c> the</c><00:29:17.480><c> Lord</c><00:29:17.680><c> Jesus</c><00:29:18.079><c> Christ.</c>

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Alright,<00:29:19.480><c> they</c><00:29:19.619><c> thought</c><00:29:19.819><c> John</c><00:29:20.099><c> was</c><00:29:20.299><c> a</c><00:29:20.500><c> prophet.</c>

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They<00:29:20.859><c> were</c><00:29:21.059><c> mistaken.</c>

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He<00:29:22.920><c> was</c><00:29:23.180><c> more</c><00:29:23.559><c> than</c><00:29:23.720><c> a</c><00:29:23.960><c> prophet.</c>

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:27.119
They<00:29:24.859><c> had</c><00:29:25.140><c> not</c><00:29:25.339><c> evaluated</c><00:29:25.799><c> him</c><00:29:26.119><c> properly.</c>

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Far<00:29:27.900><c> from</c><00:29:28.140><c> criticizing</c>

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him<00:29:28.920><c> for</c><00:29:29.000><c> his</c><00:29:29.119><c> lack</c><00:29:29.259><c> of</c><00:29:29.539><c> faith,</c><00:29:30.000><c> they</c><00:29:30.259><c> hadn't</c>

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even<00:29:30.740><c> in</c><00:29:30.799><c> the</c><00:29:31.119><c> best</c><00:29:31.460><c> days</c><00:29:31.819><c> evaluated</c>

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him<00:29:32.880><c> as</c><00:29:33.079><c> his</c><00:29:33.259><c> real</c><00:29:33.539><c> value.</c>

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And<00:29:34.619><c> not</c><00:29:34.779><c> only</c><00:29:34.960><c> that,</c><00:29:35.380><c> brethren</c><00:29:35.440><c> and</c><00:29:35.599><c> sisters,</c><00:29:35.839><c> now</c><00:29:36.019><c> they're</c>

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listening<00:29:36.420><c> to</c><00:29:36.599><c> a</c><00:29:36.740><c> man</c><00:29:36.880><c> who's</c><00:29:37.140><c> saying</c><00:29:37.319><c> to</c><00:29:37.480><c> them</c>

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that<00:29:38.460><c> in</c><00:29:38.559><c> the</c><00:29:38.759><c> words</c><00:29:38.880><c> of</c><00:29:39.099><c> the</c><00:29:39.140><c> prophet</c><00:29:39.380><c> it</c><00:29:39.539><c> says</c>

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I<00:29:40.259><c> will</c><00:29:40.500><c> send,</c><00:29:41.259><c> he</c><00:29:41.779><c> will</c>

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prepare<00:29:42.400><c> the</c><00:29:42.599><c> way</c><00:29:42.720><c> before</c><00:29:43.200><c> me,</c>

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that<00:29:44.000><c> is</c><00:29:44.460><c> Yahweh.</c>

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The<00:29:46.640><c> Lord</c><00:29:46.940><c> quotes</c><00:29:47.240><c> that</c><00:29:47.400><c> in</c><00:29:47.519><c> the</c><00:29:47.720><c> third</c>

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person<00:29:48.380><c> as</c><00:29:48.720><c> himself</c>

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before<00:29:50.720><c> thee.</c>

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This<00:29:52.819><c> is</c><00:29:53.019><c> the</c><00:29:53.180><c> prophet</c><00:29:53.339><c> that's</c><00:29:53.500><c> coming</c><00:29:53.700><c> before</c>

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:55.680
me,<00:29:54.640><c> he</c><00:29:54.920><c> said.</c>

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As<00:29:56.180><c> if</c><00:29:56.359><c> the</c><00:29:56.660><c> prophet</c><00:29:56.839><c> there</c><00:29:57.140><c> was</c><00:29:57.400><c> talking</c><00:29:57.680><c> in</c><00:29:57.880><c> the</c>

00:29:58.039 --> 00:30:00.000
words<00:29:58.259><c> of</c><00:29:58.480><c> God,</c><00:29:59.460><c> speaking</c><00:29:59.640><c> for</c>

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Yahweh<00:30:00.259><c> that</c><00:30:00.359><c> there</c><00:30:00.519><c> would</c><00:30:00.640><c> be</c><00:30:00.839><c> a</c><00:30:01.039><c> prophet</c><00:30:01.220><c> that</c><00:30:01.339><c> would</c><00:30:01.519><c> go</c><00:30:01.759><c> before</c>

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Yahweh<00:30:02.700><c> and</c><00:30:03.019><c> that</c><00:30:03.380><c> Yahweh</c>

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was<00:30:04.599><c> here,</c><00:30:05.400><c> way</c><00:30:05.759><c> above</c>

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their<00:30:06.420><c> evaluation.</c>

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And<00:30:07.900><c> so</c><00:30:08.019><c> the</c><00:30:08.200><c> Lord's</c><00:30:08.579><c> word</c><00:30:08.740><c> would</c><00:30:08.920><c> have</c><00:30:09.079><c> had</c><00:30:09.359><c> an</c><00:30:09.640><c> absolutely</c>

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powerful<00:30:10.720><c> impact</c><00:30:11.140><c> upon</c><00:30:11.420><c> them.</c>

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And<00:30:12.839><c> then</c><00:30:13.059><c> the</c><00:30:13.220><c> Lord</c><00:30:13.380><c> said</c><00:30:13.619><c> this</c><00:30:13.940><c> about</c>

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John.<00:30:15.039><c> He</c><00:30:15.119><c> says</c><00:30:15.319><c> under</c><00:30:15.519><c> them</c><00:30:15.660><c> in</c><00:30:15.799><c> verse</c><00:30:16.000><c> 28</c>

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and<00:30:16.559><c> I</c><00:30:16.740><c> believe,</c><00:30:17.299><c> brethren</c><00:30:17.460><c> and</c><00:30:17.779><c> sisters,</c>

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this<00:30:18.160><c> is</c><00:30:18.400><c> my</c><00:30:18.599><c> opinion,</c><00:30:19.140><c> I</c><00:30:19.220><c> think</c><00:30:19.400><c> it's</c><00:30:19.819><c> strongly</c>

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attitude<00:30:25.140><c> changed.</c>

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He<00:30:44.900><c> would</c><00:30:45.079><c> probably</c><00:30:45.420><c> stop,</c>

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00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:22.059
place,<00:31:20.740><c> he's</c><00:31:21.019><c> now</c><00:31:21.240><c> going</c><00:31:21.420><c> to</c><00:31:21.579><c> encourage</c>

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.720
them.<00:31:22.240><c> Now</c><00:31:22.480><c> you</c><00:31:22.559><c> just</c><00:31:22.940><c> think</c><00:31:23.079><c> what</c><00:31:23.200><c> he</c><00:31:23.460><c> said.</c>

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brethren<00:31:30.220><c> and</c><00:31:30.460><c> sisters.</c><00:31:31.059><c> It</c><00:31:31.059><c> qualifies</c>

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the<00:31:32.420><c> Lord's</c><00:31:32.900><c> eulogy</c><00:31:33.339><c> of</c><00:31:33.720><c> John.</c>

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How<00:31:34.519><c> great</c><00:31:34.960><c> was</c><00:31:35.299><c> John?</c>

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How<00:31:37.200><c> truly</c><00:31:37.619><c> great</c>

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was<00:31:38.200><c> he?</c><00:31:38.920><c> Well,</c><00:31:39.480><c> among</c><00:31:39.839><c> those</c>

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.960
born<00:31:40.579><c> of</c><00:31:40.779><c> women</c><00:31:41.059><c> does</c><00:31:41.640><c> Judy</c>

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there<00:31:46.079><c> was</c><00:31:46.299><c> not</c><00:31:46.440><c> a</c><00:31:46.680><c> prophet</c>

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00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:52.119
of<00:31:50.400><c> all</c><00:31:50.700><c> the</c><00:31:50.859><c> prophets</c><00:31:50.960><c> because</c><00:31:51.079><c> they</c><00:31:51.200><c> were</c><00:31:51.519><c> all</c>

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:54.000
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That's<00:31:54.519><c> point</c><00:31:54.700><c> number</c><00:31:55.039><c> one.</c>

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The<00:31:58.940><c> expression</c>

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twice<00:32:02.019><c> in</c><00:32:02.220><c> the</c><00:32:02.259><c> Bible.</c>

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that<00:32:05.859><c> usage.</c><00:32:07.420><c> And</c><00:32:07.599><c> Job</c>

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says,<00:32:08.960><c> he</c><00:32:08.960><c> that</c><00:32:09.140><c> is</c><00:32:09.440><c> born</c>

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He<00:32:14.839><c> went</c><00:32:14.980><c> on</c><00:32:15.119><c> to</c><00:32:15.319><c> say</c>

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in<00:32:15.700><c> the</c><00:32:15.839><c> same</c><00:32:16.079><c> book,</c><00:32:16.519><c> the</c><00:32:16.619><c> next</c><00:32:16.880><c> chapter,</c><00:32:17.279><c> in</c><00:32:17.440><c> chapter</c>

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:19.680
15,<00:32:18.960><c> that</c><00:32:19.059><c> those</c><00:32:19.319><c> that</c><00:32:19.460><c> are</c>

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born<00:32:19.920><c> of</c><00:32:20.140><c> women,</c><00:32:20.380><c> who</c><00:32:20.599><c> can</c><00:32:20.759><c> bring</c><00:32:20.920><c> a</c><00:32:21.240><c> clean</c>

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:23.519
thing<00:32:21.940><c> out</c><00:32:22.339><c> of</c><00:32:22.480><c> an</c><00:32:22.619><c> unclean?</c><00:32:23.259><c> No,</c>

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not<00:32:23.859><c> one.</c>

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And<00:32:25.619><c> so</c><00:32:25.940><c> born</c><00:32:26.140><c> of</c><00:32:26.319><c> women</c>

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means<00:32:26.799><c> that</c><00:32:27.299><c> nobody</c><00:32:27.680><c> is</c><00:32:28.039><c> excluded</c>

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:30.460
in<00:32:28.539><c> Jesus'</c><00:32:29.579><c> comparison</c><00:32:29.619><c> of</c><00:32:29.799><c> how</c>

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great<00:32:30.779><c> John</c><00:32:31.000><c> was.</c>

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But<00:32:32.519><c> it</c><00:32:32.680><c> also,</c><00:32:33.099><c> brethren</c><00:32:33.380><c> and</c><00:32:33.660><c> sisters,</c><00:32:33.839><c> means</c>

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this,<00:32:35.359><c> that</c><00:32:35.559><c> John</c><00:32:35.880><c> was</c><00:32:36.180><c> the</c>

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greatest,<00:32:37.119><c> the</c><00:32:37.460><c> last</c>

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and<00:32:38.859><c> the</c><00:32:39.180><c> greatest</c>

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system<00:32:42.940><c> that</c><00:32:44.200><c> suffered</c>

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human<00:32:45.480><c> weakness.</c>

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things<00:32:48.980><c> going</c><00:32:49.240><c> to</c><00:32:49.500><c> happen</c><00:32:49.779><c> beyond</c>

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:52.519
that<00:32:51.099><c> which</c><00:32:51.660><c> were</c><00:32:51.839><c> going</c><00:32:51.960><c> to</c><00:32:52.200><c> reveal</c>

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men<00:32:52.759><c> and</c><00:32:52.859><c> women</c><00:32:53.339><c> to</c><00:32:53.539><c> be</c><00:32:53.799><c> in</c><00:32:53.799><c> another</c><00:32:54.140><c> sense</c>

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greater<00:32:55.799><c> even</c>

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than<00:32:57.039><c> that.</c><00:32:58.140><c> That's</c><00:32:58.180><c> what</c><00:32:58.420><c> Jesus</c>

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is<00:32:59.059><c> saying.</c><00:32:59.960><c> And</c><00:32:59.980><c> that</c><00:33:00.180><c> expression</c>

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qualifying<00:33:03.380><c> expression.</c><00:33:04.339><c> So</c><00:33:04.480><c> he</c>

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was<00:33:04.819><c> the</c><00:33:05.059><c> last</c><00:33:05.400><c> and</c><00:33:05.599><c> the</c><00:33:05.799><c> greatest</c><00:33:06.119><c> of</c><00:33:06.559><c> a</c>

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subject<00:33:09.559><c> to</c><00:33:09.900><c> human</c><00:33:10.140><c> weakness.</c>

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John<00:33:12.019><c> was</c><00:33:12.359><c> truly</c>

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Matthew<00:33:15.279><c> says,</c><00:33:16.200><c> the</c><00:33:16.380><c> law</c>

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and<00:33:17.259><c> the</c><00:33:17.579><c> prophets</c>

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were<00:33:19.019><c> until</c><00:33:20.019><c> John.</c>

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00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:25.000
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00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:26.880
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00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:29.019
John,<00:33:27.500><c> which</c><00:33:27.799><c> means</c><00:33:28.460><c> that</c><00:33:28.799><c> John</c>

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the<00:33:31.299><c> prophets.</c>

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See,<00:33:33.559><c> the</c><00:33:33.799><c> law</c><00:33:34.319><c> and</c>

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the<00:33:35.359><c> prophets</c><00:33:35.839><c> were</c><00:33:36.500><c> until</c>

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John.<00:33:38.039><c> He</c><00:33:38.119><c> was</c><00:33:38.400><c> more</c>

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than<00:33:39.200><c> a</c><00:33:39.440><c> prophet.</c>

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He<00:33:41.180><c> wasn't</c><00:33:41.319><c> just</c><00:33:41.700><c> tacked</c><00:33:42.099><c> on</c><00:33:42.200><c> as</c><00:33:42.380><c> the</c><00:33:42.539><c> last</c>

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:44.900
prophet<00:33:43.000><c> in</c><00:33:43.180><c> that</c><00:33:43.400><c> sense.</c><00:33:44.299><c> He</c><00:33:44.680><c> stood</c>

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alone.<00:33:45.259><c> He</c><00:33:45.339><c> was</c><00:33:45.539><c> unique.</c>

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:49.140
He<00:33:47.059><c> was</c><00:33:47.559><c> Malachi,</c><00:33:48.460><c> my</c><00:33:48.640><c> messenger.</c>

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:52.079
He<00:33:49.880><c> was</c><00:33:50.160><c> more</c><00:33:50.640><c> than</c><00:33:50.819><c> that</c><00:33:51.119><c> prophet.</c>

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.740
But,<00:33:52.460><c> said</c><00:33:52.660><c> Jesus,</c>

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:55.640
those<00:33:54.539><c> who</c><00:33:54.740><c> are</c><00:33:54.880><c> least</c><00:33:55.079><c> in</c><00:33:55.240><c> the</c><00:33:55.400><c> kingdom</c>

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:57.619
of<00:33:55.859><c> God</c><00:33:56.400><c> are</c><00:33:57.299><c> greater</c>

00:33:57.619 --> 00:34:00.299
than<00:33:57.859><c> him.</c><00:33:58.180><c> And</c><00:33:58.299><c> he</c><00:33:58.380><c> was</c><00:33:58.579><c> talking</c><00:33:58.960><c> to</c><00:33:59.160><c> that</c><00:33:59.420><c> crowd.</c>

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And<00:34:01.220><c> if</c><00:34:01.339><c> we</c><00:34:01.500><c> could</c>

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:03.619
paraphrase<00:34:02.299><c> our</c><00:34:02.559><c> Lord's</c><00:34:02.960><c> words,</c>

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it<00:34:04.019><c> probably</c><00:34:04.259><c> is</c><00:34:04.440><c> the</c><00:34:04.619><c> crowd</c><00:34:04.940><c> reeled</c><00:34:05.279><c> back</c>

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with<00:34:05.779><c> red</c><00:34:06.099><c> faces</c><00:34:06.440><c> with</c><00:34:06.779><c> shame</c><00:34:07.140><c> for</c><00:34:07.380><c> having</c>

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:09.519
even<00:34:08.139><c> thought</c><00:34:08.420><c> for</c><00:34:08.619><c> a</c><00:34:08.780><c> moment</c><00:34:08.980><c> that</c><00:34:09.139><c> John</c>

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had<00:34:10.019><c> manifested</c><00:34:10.440><c> any</c><00:34:10.780><c> form</c><00:34:11.019><c> of</c><00:34:11.280><c> weakness</c>

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:13.820
thinking<00:34:12.119><c> now</c><00:34:12.420><c> of</c><00:34:12.579><c> being</c><00:34:12.880><c> forcibly</c><00:34:13.360><c> reminded</c>

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:15.539
of<00:34:13.960><c> the</c><00:34:14.119><c> one</c><00:34:14.239><c> they</c><00:34:14.360><c> went</c><00:34:14.539><c> and</c><00:34:14.840><c> saw</c><00:34:14.980><c> and</c><00:34:15.179><c> being</c>

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:17.559
ashamed<00:34:15.940><c> of</c><00:34:16.059><c> themselves.</c><00:34:16.880><c> Jesus</c><00:34:17.260><c> was</c>

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:19.920
virtually<00:34:17.860><c> saying</c><00:34:18.119><c> to</c><00:34:18.239><c> them,</c><00:34:19.079><c> look,</c><00:34:19.320><c> it's</c><00:34:19.699><c> true</c>

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.719
what<00:34:20.059><c> I'm</c><00:34:20.219><c> saying.</c><00:34:21.119><c> He</c><00:34:21.380><c> is</c>

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the<00:34:21.940><c> greatest.</c><00:34:22.300><c> There</c><00:34:22.460><c> is</c><00:34:22.800><c> none.</c>

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:25.380
None.<00:34:24.119><c> Everyone</c><00:34:24.460><c> that</c><00:34:24.619><c> has</c><00:34:24.780><c> been</c><00:34:25.099><c> born</c>

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:27.380
in<00:34:25.800><c> the</c><00:34:26.059><c> line</c><00:34:26.239><c> of</c><00:34:26.460><c> the</c><00:34:26.599><c> prophets,</c><00:34:27.039><c> there's</c><00:34:27.260><c> none</c>

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:29.679
excluded.<00:34:27.860><c> He's</c><00:34:28.099><c> the</c><00:34:28.340><c> greatest</c><00:34:28.519><c> of</c><00:34:28.679><c> them</c><00:34:28.840><c> all.</c><00:34:29.079><c> And</c><00:34:29.340><c> yet,</c>

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:31.739
he<00:34:30.239><c> was</c><00:34:30.460><c> born</c><00:34:30.619><c> of</c><00:34:30.760><c> a</c><00:34:30.900><c> woman</c><00:34:31.079><c> like</c><00:34:31.300><c> we</c><00:34:31.480><c> all</c>

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are.

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But<00:34:33.780><c> there</c><00:34:34.059><c> are</c><00:34:34.239><c> people</c><00:34:34.579><c> standing</c><00:34:34.960><c> here</c>

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:37.639
that<00:34:36.239><c> are</c><00:34:36.360><c> listening</c><00:34:36.579><c> to</c><00:34:36.820><c> me.</c>

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.460
And<00:34:38.960><c> they</c><00:34:39.219><c> are</c>

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:41.500
in<00:34:39.639><c> my</c><00:34:40.380><c> presence,</c><00:34:40.860><c> in</c><00:34:41.019><c> the</c><00:34:41.260><c> presence</c>

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:43.159
of<00:34:41.679><c> the</c><00:34:41.840><c> kingdom</c><00:34:42.079><c> of</c><00:34:42.340><c> God.</c>

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:45.500
The<00:34:43.559><c> kingdom</c><00:34:43.840><c> of</c><00:34:44.119><c> God,</c><00:34:44.320><c> he</c><00:34:44.440><c> said</c><00:34:44.519><c> on</c><00:34:44.760><c> another</c><00:34:44.940><c> occasion,</c>

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:47.599
is<00:34:46.159><c> among</c><00:34:46.519><c> you.</c>

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:50.239
Luke<00:34:48.000><c> 17</c><00:34:48.519><c> and</c><00:34:48.679><c> verse</c><00:34:48.940><c> 20.</c>

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:52.199
Is<00:34:51.000><c> among</c><00:34:51.360><c> you.</c>

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.760
Least<00:34:52.960><c> in</c><00:34:53.139><c> the</c><00:34:53.300><c> kingdom</c><00:34:53.559><c> of</c>

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:55.619
God.<00:34:54.300><c> Is</c><00:34:54.539><c> greater</c><00:34:54.820><c> than</c><00:34:54.980><c> he.</c><00:34:55.239><c> And</c><00:34:55.360><c> he</c><00:34:55.420><c> was</c>

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:57.539
talking,<00:34:56.059><c> brothers</c><00:34:56.320><c> and</c><00:34:56.559><c> sisters,</c><00:34:56.860><c> about</c><00:34:57.159><c> those</c>

00:34:57.539 --> 00:35:00.579
people<00:34:57.960><c> that</c><00:34:58.400><c> if</c><00:34:58.639><c> John's</c><00:35:00.079><c> greatness,</c>

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.820
if<00:35:00.659><c> John's</c><00:35:01.360><c> greatness,</c>

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:03.460
relative<00:35:02.480><c> greatness,</c><00:35:03.119><c> was</c>

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:05.519
relative<00:35:04.059><c> to</c><00:35:04.340><c> the</c><00:35:04.539><c> Messiah,</c><00:35:05.380><c> to</c><00:35:05.420><c> whom</c>

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:08.139
he<00:35:05.719><c> introduced,</c><00:35:06.679><c> here</c><00:35:07.019><c> I</c><00:35:07.300><c> am.</c>

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.900
And<00:35:09.179><c> there</c><00:35:09.579><c> you</c>

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:11.820
are.<00:35:11.079><c> And</c><00:35:11.300><c> you</c><00:35:11.460><c> are</c>

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:13.699
standing<00:35:12.239><c> in</c><00:35:12.639><c> a</c><00:35:12.820><c> position</c><00:35:13.219><c> of</c>

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:16.380
greatness<00:35:14.139><c> greater</c><00:35:15.159><c> than</c><00:35:15.619><c> that.</c>

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.739
You<00:35:16.639><c> listen</c><00:35:16.840><c> to</c><00:35:17.000><c> the</c><00:35:17.099><c> first</c><00:35:17.360><c> of</c><00:35:17.599><c> Peter,</c>

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:19.420
chapter<00:35:18.119><c> 1,</c><00:35:18.519><c> brothers</c><00:35:18.760><c> and</c><00:35:18.780><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:21.880
And<00:35:20.039><c> you</c><00:35:20.159><c> see</c><00:35:20.340><c> how</c><00:35:20.599><c> Peter</c><00:35:20.820><c> makes</c><00:35:21.099><c> a</c><00:35:21.440><c> similar</c>

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:24.000
point<00:35:22.340><c> about</c><00:35:23.239><c> our</c><00:35:23.500><c> relationship</c>

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:25.900
to<00:35:24.179><c> the</c><00:35:24.320><c> Gospel</c><00:35:24.699><c> as</c><00:35:25.019><c> compared</c><00:35:25.519><c> to</c><00:35:25.659><c> the</c>

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prophets.

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:30.139
You<00:35:28.340><c> listen</c><00:35:28.539><c> carefully.</c><00:35:29.179><c> It's</c><00:35:29.579><c> the</c><00:35:29.780><c> same</c>

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.940
principle<00:35:30.559><c> here</c><00:35:30.900><c> in</c><00:35:31.039><c> the</c><00:35:31.179><c> first</c><00:35:31.420><c> of</c><00:35:31.579><c> Peter.</c>

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:34.360
And<00:35:32.380><c> in</c><00:35:32.500><c> the</c><00:35:32.559><c> first</c><00:35:32.860><c> of</c><00:35:33.059><c> Peter,</c><00:35:33.239><c> chapter</c><00:35:33.599><c> 1,</c>

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.860
note<00:35:35.280><c> the</c><00:35:35.420><c> words</c><00:35:35.679><c> the</c>

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:38.039
apostle<00:35:36.159><c> has</c><00:35:36.360><c> to</c><00:35:36.579><c> say.</c><00:35:36.860><c> Verse</c><00:35:37.099><c> 10.</c>

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:39.900
He<00:35:38.420><c> says,</c><00:35:38.760><c> Of</c><00:35:38.940><c> which</c><00:35:39.239><c> salvation</c>

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:41.820
the<00:35:40.219><c> prophets</c><00:35:40.639><c> have</c><00:35:40.940><c> inquired</c><00:35:41.559><c> and</c>

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searched<00:35:42.139><c> diligently,</c><00:35:43.719><c> who</c><00:35:44.019><c> prophesied</c>

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.900
of<00:35:44.599><c> the</c><00:35:44.760><c> grace</c><00:35:45.019><c> that</c><00:35:45.119><c> should</c><00:35:45.360><c> come</c><00:35:45.599><c> unto</c>

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:47.559
you.

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.900
Searching<00:35:48.559><c> what</c><00:35:49.199><c> or</c><00:35:49.559><c> what</c>

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:51.880
manner<00:35:50.119><c> of</c><00:35:50.420><c> time</c><00:35:50.699><c> the</c><00:35:50.880><c> Spirit</c><00:35:51.139><c> of</c><00:35:51.340><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:54.079
which<00:35:52.340><c> was</c><00:35:52.500><c> in</c><00:35:52.739><c> them,</c><00:35:53.159><c> did</c><00:35:53.400><c> signify</c>

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:55.800
when<00:35:54.420><c> it</c><00:35:54.639><c> testified</c><00:35:55.099><c> beforehand</c>

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:57.639
the<00:35:56.119><c> sufferings</c><00:35:56.500><c> of</c><00:35:56.659><c> Christ</c><00:35:56.960><c> and</c><00:35:57.139><c> the</c><00:35:57.340><c> glory</c>

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:59.159
that<00:35:57.860><c> should</c><00:35:58.079><c> follow.</c>

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Unto<00:36:00.639><c> whom</c><00:36:01.179><c> it</c><00:36:01.760><c> was</c>

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revealed

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that<00:36:04.960><c> not</c><00:36:05.539><c> unto</c>

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themselves,<00:36:07.440><c> but</c><00:36:07.639><c> unto</c>

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:09.780
us<00:36:08.940><c> they</c><00:36:09.440><c> did</c>

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:11.599
minister<00:36:10.159><c> the</c><00:36:10.420><c> things</c>

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:14.280
which<00:36:11.960><c> are</c><00:36:12.280><c> now</c><00:36:12.579><c> reported</c><00:36:12.980><c> unto</c><00:36:13.300><c> you</c>

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.800
by<00:36:15.099><c> them</c><00:36:15.440><c> that</c><00:36:15.579><c> have</c>

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preached<00:36:16.039><c> the</c><00:36:16.260><c> Gospel</c><00:36:16.599><c> unto</c><00:36:17.019><c> you</c>

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:19.679
with<00:36:18.019><c> the</c><00:36:18.260><c> Holy</c><00:36:18.539><c> Spirit</c><00:36:18.860><c> sent</c><00:36:19.159><c> down</c><00:36:19.460><c> from</c>

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:22.139
heaven,<00:36:20.420><c> which</c><00:36:20.780><c> things</c><00:36:21.199><c> the</c><00:36:21.599><c> angels</c>

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.420
desire<00:36:22.699><c> to</c><00:36:22.860><c> look</c><00:36:23.059><c> into.</c>

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:25.639
What's<00:36:24.099><c> Peter</c><00:36:24.400><c> saying?</c><00:36:25.280><c> He's</c><00:36:25.539><c> saying,</c>

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:27.440
look,<00:36:26.019><c> they</c><00:36:26.139><c> were</c><00:36:26.260><c> the</c><00:36:26.500><c> prophets.</c>

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:29.480
They<00:36:28.199><c> searched</c><00:36:28.679><c> what</c>

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or<00:36:30.159><c> what</c><00:36:30.619><c> manner</c><00:36:30.900><c> of</c><00:36:31.199><c> time.</c>

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:33.920
In<00:36:31.500><c> other</c><00:36:31.659><c> words,</c><00:36:32.159><c> they</c><00:36:32.300><c> didn't</c><00:36:32.559><c> always</c><00:36:33.260><c> understand</c>

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the<00:36:34.139><c> body</c><00:36:34.440><c> of</c><00:36:34.619><c> their</c><00:36:34.880><c> prophecies</c>

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and<00:36:35.980><c> they</c><00:36:36.320><c> certainly</c><00:36:36.780><c> didn't</c><00:36:37.179><c> understand</c>

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:39.820
the<00:36:38.159><c> time</c><00:36:38.340><c> periods</c><00:36:38.860><c> that</c><00:36:39.340><c> there</c><00:36:39.460><c> would</c><00:36:39.659><c> be</c>

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:41.619
the<00:36:40.079><c> sufferings</c><00:36:40.460><c> and</c><00:36:40.639><c> the</c><00:36:40.840><c> glory</c><00:36:41.039><c> that</c><00:36:41.139><c> would</c><00:36:41.380><c> follow</c>

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:44.599
because<00:36:41.880><c> the</c><00:36:42.199><c> prophecies</c><00:36:42.739><c> are</c><00:36:43.079><c> all</c><00:36:43.239><c> over</c><00:36:43.519><c> the</c><00:36:43.739><c> place.</c>

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.960
There<00:36:45.059><c> was</c><00:36:45.300><c> never</c><00:36:45.579><c> really</c>

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:47.920
any<00:36:46.239><c> sequential</c><00:36:46.719><c> ideas</c><00:36:47.260><c> in</c><00:36:47.460><c> many</c><00:36:47.599><c> of</c><00:36:47.719><c> the</c>

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:49.860
prophecies<00:36:48.219><c> like</c><00:36:48.460><c> that.</c><00:36:48.699><c> There</c><00:36:48.880><c> were</c><00:36:49.159><c> in</c><00:36:49.340><c> some</c><00:36:49.579><c> places</c>

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:51.760
and<00:36:49.980><c> other</c><00:36:50.199><c> places</c><00:36:50.420><c> it</c><00:36:50.539><c> was</c><00:36:50.760><c> reversed</c><00:36:51.099><c> and</c><00:36:51.360><c> so</c><00:36:51.579><c> forth.</c>

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:53.599
And<00:36:52.119><c> so</c><00:36:52.239><c> the</c><00:36:52.519><c> prophets</c><00:36:52.679><c> were</c><00:36:52.900><c> in</c><00:36:53.059><c> a</c><00:36:53.199><c> quandary</c>

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:56.559
and<00:36:54.099><c> they</c><00:36:54.420><c> learnt,</c><00:36:55.380><c> says</c><00:36:55.539><c> Peter,</c>

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.820
they<00:36:57.340><c> learnt</c>

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:59.460
that<00:36:58.320><c> what</c><00:36:58.539><c> they</c><00:36:58.760><c> were</c><00:36:58.960><c> speaking</c>

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:01.920
was<00:37:00.179><c> for</c><00:37:00.500><c> the</c><00:37:00.800><c> sake</c><00:37:01.059><c> of</c><00:37:01.480><c> another</c>

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:04.280
generation,<00:37:03.039><c> you!</c>

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.960
And<00:37:05.420><c> God</c><00:37:05.719><c> sent</c>

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:08.099
the<00:37:06.519><c> Holy</c><00:37:06.519><c> Spirit</c><00:37:06.780><c> upon</c><00:37:07.099><c> us,</c><00:37:07.539><c> the</c><00:37:07.539><c> Apostles,</c>

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:10.019
what<00:37:08.519><c> for?</c><00:37:09.139><c> To</c><00:37:09.360><c> enlighten</c><00:37:09.820><c> us</c>

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.860
for<00:37:10.199><c> our</c><00:37:10.440><c> own</c><00:37:10.619><c> personal</c><00:37:10.980><c> benefit?</c><00:37:11.500><c> No,</c>

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:14.539
for<00:37:12.440><c> your</c><00:37:13.079><c> sake,</c><00:37:13.519><c> he</c><00:37:13.619><c> said.</c>

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.920
And<00:37:15.179><c> it</c><00:37:15.460><c> takes</c><00:37:15.699><c> us</c>

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:17.820
one<00:37:16.400><c> step</c><00:37:16.780><c> further,</c><00:37:17.139><c> he</c><00:37:17.300><c> says,</c>

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:19.639
and<00:37:18.280><c> in</c><00:37:18.460><c> that</c><00:37:18.699><c> respect</c><00:37:19.119><c> now,</c>

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:21.900
the<00:37:20.159><c> prophets</c><00:37:20.460><c> were</c><00:37:20.659><c> your</c><00:37:20.940><c> servants,</c>

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:24.039
the<00:37:22.079><c> Holy</c><00:37:22.440><c> Spirit</c><00:37:22.679><c> came</c><00:37:22.920><c> upon</c><00:37:23.099><c> the</c><00:37:23.320><c> Apostles</c><00:37:23.619><c> to</c><00:37:23.860><c> make</c>

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:26.300
them<00:37:24.300><c> your</c><00:37:24.679><c> servants,</c><00:37:25.659><c> to</c><00:37:25.880><c> enlighten</c>

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:28.159
you<00:37:26.539><c> people,</c><00:37:27.820><c> to</c><00:37:27.920><c> have</c>

00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:30.199
a<00:37:28.340><c> knowledge</c><00:37:28.860><c> above</c><00:37:29.820><c> the</c>

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.900
angels.<00:37:31.579><c> Now</c><00:37:31.780><c> that's</c>

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:33.880
what<00:37:32.099><c> Peter's</c><00:37:32.559><c> saying.</c><00:37:33.019><c> That's</c><00:37:33.360><c> our</c><00:37:33.539><c> privilege.</c>

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:36.280
And<00:37:34.619><c> we're</c><00:37:34.820><c> not</c><00:37:35.039><c> worthy</c><00:37:35.360><c> of</c><00:37:35.519><c> it,</c><00:37:35.719><c> brethren</c><00:37:35.840><c> and</c><00:37:36.059><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:38.059
Doesn't<00:37:36.719><c> mean</c><00:37:36.940><c> to</c><00:37:37.139><c> say</c><00:37:37.480><c> that</c><00:37:37.860><c> any</c>

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:39.960
of<00:37:38.179><c> those</c><00:37:38.320><c> people</c><00:37:38.639><c> standing</c><00:37:38.960><c> there</c><00:37:39.280><c> will</c><00:37:39.500><c> supersede</c>

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:42.159
John<00:37:40.199><c> the</c><00:37:40.380><c> kingdom</c><00:37:40.659><c> because</c><00:37:40.840><c> they</c><00:37:41.119><c> won't.</c>

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.840
Or<00:37:42.480><c> any</c><00:37:42.679><c> of</c><00:37:42.900><c> the</c><00:37:43.000><c> prophets.</c>

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:46.139
John<00:37:44.420><c> will</c><00:37:44.659><c> have</c><00:37:45.039><c> a</c><00:37:45.360><c> far</c><00:37:45.699><c> greater</c>

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:48.099
position<00:37:46.539><c> in</c><00:37:46.699><c> the</c><00:37:46.800><c> kingdom</c><00:37:46.980><c> than</c><00:37:47.199><c> any</c><00:37:47.519><c> one</c><00:37:47.679><c> of</c><00:37:47.880><c> them.</c>

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:50.360
That's<00:37:48.519><c> not</c><00:37:48.719><c> the</c><00:37:48.900><c> point</c><00:37:49.039><c> the</c><00:37:49.199><c> Lord</c><00:37:49.320><c> is</c><00:37:49.539><c> making.</c>

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:52.119
What<00:37:50.800><c> he</c><00:37:51.019><c> is</c><00:37:51.159><c> saying</c><00:37:51.420><c> is</c><00:37:51.639><c> this,</c>

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.900
that<00:37:52.639><c> all</c><00:37:52.880><c> the</c><00:37:53.119><c> great</c><00:37:53.300><c> men</c><00:37:53.559><c> that</c><00:37:53.719><c> God</c>

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:55.960
has<00:37:54.139><c> raised</c><00:37:54.400><c> up</c><00:37:55.219><c> were</c><00:37:55.760><c> not</c>

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:58.440
raised<00:37:56.239><c> up</c><00:37:56.420><c> to</c><00:37:56.539><c> be</c><00:37:56.679><c> made</c><00:37:56.900><c> great</c><00:37:57.139><c> in</c><00:37:57.260><c> their</c><00:37:57.460><c> own</c><00:37:57.639><c> right.</c>

00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:00.059
They<00:37:58.860><c> were</c><00:37:59.019><c> raised</c><00:37:59.300><c> up,</c><00:37:59.539><c> every</c><00:37:59.800><c> single</c>

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:02.380
one<00:38:00.199><c> of</c><00:38:00.320><c> them,</c><00:38:00.900><c> to</c><00:38:01.119><c> help</c><00:38:01.639><c> somebody</c>

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:04.539
else<00:38:02.920><c> to</c><00:38:03.420><c> be</c><00:38:03.679><c> great.</c>

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.880
And<00:38:05.519><c> so</c><00:38:05.760><c> the</c><00:38:05.940><c> Lord</c><00:38:06.239><c> encouraged</c>

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:08.559
that<00:38:07.159><c> crowd</c><00:38:07.519><c> with</c><00:38:08.239><c> those</c>

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:10.420
words.<00:38:09.539><c> And</c><00:38:09.579><c> when</c><00:38:09.699><c> we</c><00:38:09.800><c> go</c><00:38:09.980><c> back</c><00:38:10.280><c> to</c>

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:13.079
Luke<00:38:10.619><c> chapter</c><00:38:11.039><c> 7,</c>

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.860
you<00:38:16.179><c> notice</c><00:38:16.380><c> the</c><00:38:16.579><c> reaction</c>

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:18.420
of<00:38:17.039><c> the</c><00:38:17.179><c> people,</c><00:38:17.539><c> brethren</c><00:38:17.719><c> and</c><00:38:17.940><c> sisters,</c><00:38:18.119><c> they</c>

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:20.420
reacted<00:38:18.800><c> to</c><00:38:19.000><c> this.</c><00:38:20.119><c> In</c><00:38:20.219><c> verse</c>

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:22.539
29,<00:38:20.860><c> and</c><00:38:21.019><c> all</c><00:38:21.099><c> the</c><00:38:21.320><c> people</c><00:38:21.480><c> that</c><00:38:21.739><c> heard</c><00:38:21.900><c> him</c><00:38:22.119><c> and</c><00:38:22.300><c> the</c>

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:24.739
publicans<00:38:22.940><c> justified</c><00:38:23.559><c> God</c><00:38:23.900><c> being</c><00:38:24.219><c> baptized</c>

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:27.260
with<00:38:24.960><c> the</c><00:38:25.119><c> baptism</c><00:38:25.460><c> of</c><00:38:25.679><c> John.</c><00:38:25.920><c> In</c><00:38:26.059><c> other</c><00:38:26.239><c> words,</c>

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.480
there<00:38:27.760><c> were</c><00:38:28.059><c> publicans</c>

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:30.460
there,<00:38:28.840><c> and</c><00:38:29.119><c> harlots</c><00:38:29.460><c> as</c><00:38:29.659><c> we</c><00:38:29.960><c> read</c><00:38:30.099><c> at</c><00:38:30.300><c> another</c>

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:32.840
place.<00:38:31.280><c> There</c><00:38:31.400><c> were</c><00:38:31.559><c> people</c><00:38:31.820><c> of</c><00:38:32.019><c> a</c><00:38:32.199><c> lower</c><00:38:32.460><c> system</c>

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:34.800
of<00:38:33.059><c> things,</c><00:38:33.440><c> brethren</c><00:38:33.599><c> and</c><00:38:33.820><c> sisters,</c><00:38:34.000><c> that</c><00:38:34.199><c> had</c><00:38:34.420><c> already</c>

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:36.679
been<00:38:35.099><c> baptized</c><00:38:35.539><c> of</c><00:38:35.780><c> John.</c><00:38:36.300><c> And</c><00:38:36.519><c> now</c>

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:38.480
when<00:38:36.820><c> they</c><00:38:36.980><c> heard</c><00:38:37.239><c> the</c><00:38:37.380><c> Lord</c><00:38:37.579><c> Jesus</c><00:38:38.039><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:40.039
they<00:38:39.039><c> justified</c><00:38:39.619><c> God.</c>

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:43.320
They<00:38:40.659><c> said</c><00:38:40.920><c> within</c><00:38:41.099><c> themselves</c><00:38:41.579><c> that</c><00:38:41.860><c> God</c><00:38:42.119><c> was</c><00:38:42.400><c> right.</c>

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.559
They<00:38:44.019><c> had</c><00:38:44.300><c> accepted</c>

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:46.519
that<00:38:44.820><c> when</c><00:38:44.960><c> they</c><00:38:45.099><c> were</c><00:38:45.320><c> baptized</c><00:38:45.679><c> into</c><00:38:45.880><c> John.</c><00:38:46.219><c> And</c><00:38:46.340><c> now</c>

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:48.199
they<00:38:46.639><c> were</c><00:38:46.739><c> in</c><00:38:46.800><c> a</c><00:38:46.940><c> position</c><00:38:47.280><c> to</c><00:38:47.539><c> accept</c><00:38:47.840><c> the</c><00:38:48.039><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:50.440
That's<00:38:48.619><c> what</c><00:38:48.860><c> John's</c><00:38:49.260><c> baptism</c><00:38:49.440><c> was</c><00:38:49.619><c> all</c><00:38:49.800><c> about,</c><00:38:50.059><c> wasn't</c><00:38:50.219><c> it?</c>

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:52.480
This<00:38:51.039><c> is</c><00:38:51.300><c> the</c><00:38:51.420><c> fruition</c><00:38:51.780><c> of</c><00:38:52.000><c> it</c><00:38:52.139><c> here.</c>

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:54.559
John<00:38:53.139><c> said</c><00:38:53.559><c> this</c><00:38:53.880><c> is</c><00:38:54.139><c> a</c><00:38:54.260><c> baptism</c>

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:56.460
of<00:38:54.860><c> repentance</c><00:38:55.159><c> in</c><00:38:55.480><c> preparation</c><00:38:55.980><c> for</c>

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:58.719
another<00:38:56.760><c> baptism</c><00:38:57.159><c> which</c><00:38:57.360><c> you're</c><00:38:57.500><c> going</c><00:38:57.559><c> to</c><00:38:57.659><c> be</c><00:38:57.920><c> baptized</c><00:38:58.320><c> with.</c>

00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:01.679
A<00:38:59.159><c> baptism</c><00:38:59.599><c> of</c><00:38:59.940><c> fire</c><00:39:00.320><c> with</c><00:39:00.519><c> the</c><00:39:00.699><c> Holy</c><00:39:00.980><c> Spirit.</c>

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:03.199
Things<00:39:02.039><c> which</c><00:39:02.219><c> would</c><00:39:02.500><c> inspire</c>

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:04.820
them<00:39:03.400><c> and</c><00:39:03.599><c> cleanse</c><00:39:03.960><c> them,</c><00:39:04.280><c> brethren</c><00:39:04.420><c> and</c><00:39:04.639><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:06.860
That's<00:39:05.099><c> what</c><00:39:05.219><c> it</c><00:39:05.300><c> was</c><00:39:05.420><c> all</c><00:39:05.599><c> about.</c><00:39:06.159><c> And</c><00:39:06.260><c> here</c><00:39:06.440><c> it</c><00:39:06.619><c> is.</c>

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:09.079
And<00:39:07.179><c> so</c><00:39:07.320><c> those</c><00:39:07.539><c> people</c><00:39:07.800><c> that</c><00:39:07.980><c> had</c><00:39:08.179><c> accepted</c><00:39:08.519><c> the</c><00:39:08.760><c> initial</c>

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:10.639
baptism<00:39:09.460><c> of</c><00:39:09.699><c> John,</c><00:39:10.239><c> now</c>

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:12.440
justified<00:39:11.440><c> God.</c><00:39:11.760><c> In</c><00:39:11.920><c> what</c><00:39:12.159><c> way?</c>

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:14.860
Well,<00:39:12.739><c> they</c><00:39:13.079><c> justified</c><00:39:13.539><c> God.</c><00:39:14.219><c> All</c><00:39:14.500><c> flesh</c>

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:16.500
is<00:39:15.179><c> grass,</c><00:39:15.820><c> John</c><00:39:16.119><c> had</c><00:39:16.340><c> said.</c>

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:19.239
That<00:39:16.780><c> was</c><00:39:16.980><c> God's</c><00:39:17.380><c> opinion.</c><00:39:17.659><c> And</c><00:39:17.659><c> they</c><00:39:17.780><c> said</c><00:39:17.920><c> God</c><00:39:18.119><c> is</c><00:39:18.380><c> right.</c>

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.280
It<00:39:19.579><c> is</c><00:39:19.840><c> grass.</c>

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:22.559
And<00:39:20.840><c> they</c><00:39:21.059><c> acknowledged</c><00:39:21.440><c> that.</c><00:39:21.679><c> And</c><00:39:21.780><c> they</c><00:39:21.900><c> were</c><00:39:22.119><c> grateful</c>

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.139
for<00:39:22.780><c> that.</c>

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:25.159
Because<00:39:23.480><c> now</c><00:39:23.739><c> they</c><00:39:23.900><c> got</c><00:39:24.079><c> things</c><00:39:24.340><c> into</c><00:39:24.519><c> their</c><00:39:24.739><c> right</c>

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:26.840
perspective.<00:39:26.360><c> They</c><00:39:26.559><c> saw</c>

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:28.719
themselves<00:39:27.380><c> as</c><00:39:27.599><c> they</c><00:39:27.880><c> really</c><00:39:28.360><c> were.</c>

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:30.780
And<00:39:29.119><c> they</c><00:39:29.179><c> were</c><00:39:29.320><c> in</c><00:39:29.400><c> a</c><00:39:29.500><c> position</c><00:39:29.920><c> now</c><00:39:30.260><c> to</c><00:39:30.539><c> declare</c>

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:32.920
God<00:39:31.179><c> to</c><00:39:31.320><c> be</c><00:39:31.539><c> righteous.</c><00:39:32.179><c> And</c><00:39:32.320><c> to</c><00:39:32.500><c> allow</c><00:39:32.719><c> him</c>

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:34.940
to<00:39:33.199><c> work</c><00:39:33.360><c> in</c><00:39:33.559><c> their</c><00:39:33.739><c> lives.</c><00:39:34.380><c> And</c><00:39:34.559><c> because</c><00:39:34.760><c> they</c>

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:36.920
had<00:39:35.059><c> been</c><00:39:35.239><c> baptized</c><00:39:35.679><c> with</c><00:39:35.880><c> John,</c><00:39:36.320><c> they</c><00:39:36.460><c> were</c><00:39:36.679><c> ready</c>

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:38.599
now<00:39:37.159><c> to</c><00:39:37.219><c> listen</c><00:39:37.440><c> to</c><00:39:37.579><c> the</c><00:39:37.739><c> Messiah.</c>

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:40.880
But,<00:39:40.340><c> says</c><00:39:40.460><c> the</c><00:39:40.619><c> next</c>

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:43.159
verse,<00:39:42.400><c> the</c><00:39:42.619><c> Pharisees</c>

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:45.019
and<00:39:43.380><c> lawyers,</c><00:39:44.119><c> and</c><00:39:44.320><c> I</c><00:39:44.400><c> want</c><00:39:44.500><c> to</c><00:39:44.639><c> read</c><00:39:44.739><c> the</c>

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:46.880
margin,<00:39:45.440><c> brethren</c><00:39:45.559><c> and</c><00:39:45.780><c> sisters,</c><00:39:46.019><c> for</c><00:39:46.179><c> the</c><00:39:46.380><c> two</c>

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:48.719
marginal<00:39:47.579><c> renditions</c><00:39:48.079><c> you've</c><00:39:48.360><c> got</c><00:39:48.460><c> here.</c>

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:50.960
You<00:39:49.079><c> read</c><00:39:49.219><c> the</c><00:39:49.480><c> margin.</c><00:39:50.139><c> But</c><00:39:50.300><c> the</c><00:39:50.519><c> Pharisees</c>

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and<00:39:51.079><c> the</c><00:39:51.260><c> lawyers</c><00:39:51.659><c> frustrated</c>

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within<00:39:53.360><c> themselves</c>

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the<00:39:54.860><c> counsel</c><00:39:55.219><c> of</c><00:39:55.400><c> God</c>

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being<00:39:56.559><c> not</c><00:39:57.000><c> baptized</c><00:39:57.619><c> of</c><00:39:57.840><c> him.</c>

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And<00:39:59.940><c> you</c><00:40:00.019><c> can</c><00:40:00.199><c> see</c>

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what's<00:40:00.539><c> happening.</c><00:40:01.739><c> They</c>

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frustrated<00:40:03.039><c> within</c><00:40:03.440><c> themselves</c>

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the<00:40:04.679><c> counsel</c><00:40:05.099><c> of</c><00:40:05.320><c> God.</c><00:40:05.880><c> Because</c>

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they<00:40:06.460><c> were</c><00:40:06.780><c> not</c><00:40:07.139><c> baptized</c><00:40:07.699><c> of</c><00:40:07.900><c> John.</c>

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:10.380
And<00:40:08.619><c> you</c><00:40:08.719><c> can</c><00:40:08.880><c> imagine</c><00:40:09.139><c> them</c><00:40:09.380><c> standing</c><00:40:09.699><c> in</c><00:40:09.900><c> that</c><00:40:10.119><c> crowd.</c>

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They<00:40:10.880><c> had</c><00:40:11.000><c> just</c><00:40:11.199><c> seen</c><00:40:11.400><c> him</c><00:40:11.579><c> raise</c><00:40:11.820><c> the</c><00:40:12.000><c> widow's</c><00:40:12.400><c> son.</c>

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That<00:40:13.579><c> fame</c><00:40:13.860><c> had</c><00:40:14.079><c> gone</c>

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round<00:40:14.500><c> the</c><00:40:14.679><c> whole</c><00:40:14.860><c> of</c><00:40:15.119><c> Judea.</c><00:40:15.420><c> Many</c><00:40:15.619><c> of</c><00:40:15.800><c> them</c><00:40:15.800><c> would</c><00:40:15.940><c> have</c><00:40:16.079><c> followed</c>

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him.<00:40:16.599><c> Now</c><00:40:16.800><c> they</c><00:40:17.059><c> watched</c><00:40:17.300><c> him</c><00:40:17.639><c> in</c><00:40:17.780><c> a</c><00:40:18.019><c> frenzy</c>

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of<00:40:18.619><c> activity</c><00:40:18.860><c> perform</c><00:40:19.420><c> miracle</c><00:40:19.880><c> after</c>

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miracle<00:40:20.539><c> after</c><00:40:20.800><c> miracle</c><00:40:21.119><c> to</c><00:40:21.320><c> impress</c><00:40:21.659><c> John's</c>

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disciples.<00:40:22.900><c> They</c><00:40:23.019><c> would</c><00:40:23.239><c> have</c><00:40:23.380><c> stood</c><00:40:23.559><c> in</c><00:40:23.800><c> absolute</c>

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awe<00:40:24.420><c> of</c><00:40:24.599><c> this</c><00:40:24.820><c> man.</c><00:40:25.300><c> They</c><00:40:25.440><c> just</c><00:40:25.619><c> got</c><00:40:25.840><c> a</c><00:40:26.059><c> tongue</c>

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lashing<00:40:26.760><c> second</c><00:40:27.079><c> to</c><00:40:27.260><c> none</c><00:40:27.360><c> that</c><00:40:27.559><c> put</c><00:40:27.679><c> them</c><00:40:27.880><c> right</c>

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back<00:40:28.360><c> in</c><00:40:28.460><c> their</c><00:40:28.619><c> place</c><00:40:29.000><c> and</c><00:40:29.340><c> then</c><00:40:29.539><c> got</c><00:40:29.699><c> a</c><00:40:29.840><c> remarkable</c>

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encouragement<00:40:31.119><c> from</c><00:40:31.380><c> a</c><00:40:31.539><c> man</c><00:40:31.659><c> who</c><00:40:31.820><c> was</c><00:40:31.980><c> not</c>

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just<00:40:32.400><c> simply</c><00:40:32.679><c> angry</c><00:40:32.960><c> for</c><00:40:33.179><c> angry</c><00:40:33.440><c> sake</c>

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:36.199
but<00:40:34.619><c> calmed</c><00:40:34.900><c> himself</c><00:40:35.320><c> to</c><00:40:35.440><c> a</c><00:40:35.599><c> degree</c><00:40:35.760><c> that</c><00:40:35.880><c> he</c>

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encouraged<00:40:36.519><c> him</c><00:40:36.699><c> in</c><00:40:36.800><c> the</c><00:40:36.860><c> midst</c><00:40:37.000><c> of</c><00:40:37.139><c> his</c><00:40:37.320><c> anger.</c>

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They<00:40:38.280><c> would</c><00:40:38.400><c> have</c><00:40:38.480><c> been</c><00:40:38.760><c> absolutely</c><00:40:39.500><c> impressed.</c>

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And<00:40:40.860><c> within</c><00:40:41.039><c> themselves</c><00:40:41.519><c> they</c><00:40:41.739><c> couldn't</c>

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help<00:40:42.440><c> but</c><00:40:42.579><c> be</c><00:40:42.860><c> impressed.</c><00:40:43.699><c> They</c><00:40:43.800><c> think</c><00:40:43.920><c> what</c><00:40:44.059><c> a</c>

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:46.260
wonderful<00:40:44.679><c> man.</c><00:40:45.539><c> He</c><00:40:45.659><c> can</c><00:40:45.920><c> raise</c>

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the<00:40:46.519><c> dead.</c><00:40:46.820><c> He</c><00:40:46.880><c> can</c><00:40:47.079><c> perform</c><00:40:47.500><c> these</c><00:40:47.760><c> miracles.</c>

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He<00:40:48.440><c> can</c><00:40:48.699><c> stand</c><00:40:49.059><c> there</c><00:40:49.420><c> and</c><00:40:49.699><c> tell</c><00:40:49.860><c> people</c>

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to<00:40:50.639><c> get</c><00:40:50.639><c> off</c><00:40:50.639><c> in</c><00:40:50.920><c> a</c><00:40:51.000><c> most</c><00:40:51.599><c> vehement</c>

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:54.480
and<00:40:52.980><c> withering</c><00:40:53.380><c> way.</c><00:40:53.800><c> And</c><00:40:53.860><c> in</c><00:40:53.880><c> the</c><00:40:54.159><c> same</c>

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breath<00:40:54.880><c> he</c><00:40:54.940><c> can</c><00:40:55.139><c> encourage</c><00:40:55.739><c> them</c>

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and<00:40:56.900><c> to</c><00:40:57.079><c> help</c><00:40:57.239><c> them</c><00:40:57.400><c> in</c><00:40:57.440><c> the</c><00:40:57.599><c> kingdom</c><00:40:57.860><c> of</c><00:40:58.039><c> God.</c>

00:40:58.659 --> 00:41:00.239
And<00:40:58.760><c> within</c><00:40:59.019><c> themselves</c><00:40:59.599><c> they</c><00:40:59.719><c> would</c><00:41:00.000><c> know</c>

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:02.099
that<00:41:00.420><c> here</c><00:41:00.579><c> was</c><00:41:00.780><c> a</c><00:41:00.920><c> man</c><00:41:01.099><c> that</c><00:41:01.239><c> was</c><00:41:01.400><c> doing</c><00:41:01.639><c> everything</c>

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:04.420
that<00:41:02.239><c> they</c><00:41:02.480><c> couldn't</c><00:41:02.739><c> do.</c><00:41:03.679><c> And</c><00:41:03.880><c> deep</c><00:41:04.119><c> down</c>

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:06.420
inside<00:41:04.840><c> they</c><00:41:05.139><c> knew</c><00:41:05.579><c> that</c><00:41:05.760><c> he</c><00:41:05.800><c> was</c><00:41:06.000><c> the</c><00:41:06.099><c> son</c><00:41:06.219><c> of</c>

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:08.280
God.<00:41:07.539><c> But</c><00:41:07.800><c> they</c><00:41:08.000><c> hadn't</c>

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:10.179
been<00:41:08.619><c> baptized</c><00:41:09.079><c> of</c><00:41:09.280><c> John.</c>

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They<00:41:11.860><c> hadn't</c><00:41:12.139><c> taken</c>

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their<00:41:12.599><c> opportunity.</c><00:41:13.420><c> And</c><00:41:13.420><c> now</c>

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:16.280
and<00:41:14.940><c> now</c><00:41:15.199><c> to</c><00:41:15.380><c> come</c><00:41:15.619><c> out</c>

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:17.880
and<00:41:16.800><c> to</c><00:41:17.019><c> say</c><00:41:17.139><c> it</c><00:41:17.340><c> now</c>

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:20.500
it<00:41:18.460><c> would</c><00:41:18.619><c> be</c><00:41:18.860><c> rather</c><00:41:19.199><c> awkward,</c><00:41:19.760><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:19.760><c> it?</c>

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.980
It<00:41:21.099><c> would</c><00:41:21.099><c> be</c><00:41:21.099><c> rather</c><00:41:21.380><c> embarrassing</c>

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because<00:41:22.780><c> where</c><00:41:23.039><c> is</c><00:41:23.219><c> John?</c><00:41:23.519><c> He's</c><00:41:23.719><c> in</c><00:41:23.920><c> prison.</c>

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:26.159
He's<00:41:25.579><c> not</c><00:41:25.860><c> now</c>

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:27.820
a<00:41:26.320><c> golden</c><00:41:26.659><c> voice</c><00:41:26.960><c> on</c><00:41:27.159><c> the</c><00:41:27.280><c> banks</c><00:41:27.440><c> of</c><00:41:27.559><c> the</c><00:41:27.599><c> River</c>

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:30.500
Jordan.<00:41:28.900><c> He's</c><00:41:29.380><c> in</c><00:41:29.539><c> a</c><00:41:29.619><c> dungeon.</c>

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.440
What<00:41:31.059><c> do</c><00:41:31.239><c> you</c><00:41:31.239><c> do</c><00:41:31.340><c> now?</c>

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And<00:41:33.179><c> they'd</c><00:41:33.420><c> be</c><00:41:33.619><c> wrestling</c>

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:35.599
with<00:41:34.219><c> these</c><00:41:34.460><c> feelings</c><00:41:34.780><c> within</c><00:41:35.000><c> themselves.</c>

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:38.179
Wrestling<00:41:36.559><c> and</c><00:41:36.860><c> wrestling.</c><00:41:37.699><c> But</c><00:41:37.840><c> the</c>

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:40.159
pride,<00:41:38.739><c> brethren</c><00:41:38.940><c> and</c><00:41:39.219><c> sisters,</c><00:41:39.500><c> too</c><00:41:39.880><c> much</c>

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:42.000
to<00:41:40.320><c> come</c><00:41:40.480><c> out</c><00:41:40.679><c> and</c><00:41:40.800><c> say,</c><00:41:41.079><c> look,</c><00:41:41.519><c> we</c><00:41:41.800><c> should</c>

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:43.820
have<00:41:42.119><c> been</c><00:41:42.300><c> baptized</c><00:41:42.659><c> with</c><00:41:42.880><c> the</c><00:41:43.079><c> others.</c>

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:45.400
We<00:41:44.380><c> should</c><00:41:44.599><c> have</c><00:41:44.699><c> listened</c><00:41:44.900><c> to</c><00:41:45.079><c> John.</c>

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:47.800
We<00:41:46.199><c> should</c><00:41:46.440><c> have</c><00:41:46.599><c> been</c><00:41:46.800><c> prepared,</c><00:41:47.179><c> but</c><00:41:47.280><c> we're</c><00:41:47.519><c> not</c>

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:49.820
prepared.<00:41:48.860><c> And</c><00:41:48.980><c> to</c><00:41:49.139><c> come</c><00:41:49.239><c> out</c><00:41:49.420><c> and</c><00:41:49.599><c> admit</c>

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:51.599
that<00:41:50.039><c> was</c><00:41:50.260><c> too</c><00:41:50.679><c> much.</c>

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:53.659
And<00:41:51.960><c> they</c><00:41:52.400><c> frustrated</c><00:41:53.300><c> the</c>

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:56.260
counsel<00:41:53.980><c> of</c><00:41:54.239><c> God</c><00:41:54.639><c> inside.</c>

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:59.719
And<00:41:58.119><c> you</c><00:41:58.300><c> know,</c><00:41:58.860><c> and</c><00:41:58.980><c> I</c><00:41:59.199><c> know,</c><00:41:59.719><c> brethren</c>

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:01.980
and<00:41:59.960><c> sisters,</c><00:42:01.059><c> that</c><00:42:01.320><c> is</c><00:42:01.639><c> almost</c>

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:04.159
a<00:42:02.260><c> daily</c><00:42:02.539><c> occurrence</c><00:42:03.000><c> with</c><00:42:03.239><c> us.</c>

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:06.179
We<00:42:04.699><c> know</c><00:42:05.019><c> what's</c><00:42:05.440><c> right.</c>

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:07.579
We<00:42:06.739><c> know</c><00:42:07.019><c> the</c><00:42:07.239><c> benefits</c>

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:09.599
that<00:42:07.920><c> accrue</c><00:42:08.179><c> from</c><00:42:08.400><c> obeying</c><00:42:08.760><c> God.</c>

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:11.739
We<00:42:10.179><c> know</c><00:42:10.480><c> the</c><00:42:10.940><c> goodness</c><00:42:11.199><c> of</c><00:42:11.519><c> God</c>

00:42:11.739 --> 00:42:13.619
in<00:42:11.960><c> giving</c><00:42:12.139><c> us</c><00:42:12.360><c> his</c><00:42:12.519><c> son.</c><00:42:12.800><c> And</c><00:42:13.000><c> all</c><00:42:13.179><c> the</c><00:42:13.380><c> benefits</c>

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:15.780
that<00:42:13.820><c> come</c><00:42:14.139><c> as</c><00:42:14.280><c> a</c><00:42:14.380><c> result</c><00:42:14.639><c> of</c><00:42:14.780><c> our</c><00:42:14.920><c> knowing</c><00:42:15.119><c> the</c><00:42:15.440><c> truth</c>

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:17.179
and<00:42:16.059><c> of</c><00:42:16.179><c> the</c><00:42:16.320><c> brethren</c><00:42:16.519><c> and</c><00:42:16.840><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:19.579
And<00:42:17.920><c> we</c><00:42:18.119><c> know</c><00:42:18.699><c> what</c><00:42:18.900><c> we</c><00:42:19.059><c> ought</c><00:42:19.239><c> to</c><00:42:19.440><c> do</c>

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:21.699
in<00:42:19.780><c> response</c><00:42:20.219><c> to</c><00:42:20.460><c> that.</c><00:42:21.280><c> And</c><00:42:21.480><c> we</c>

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:23.719
feel<00:42:21.880><c> that</c><00:42:21.980><c> if</c><00:42:22.079><c> we</c><00:42:22.260><c> don't</c><00:42:22.519><c> respond</c><00:42:22.900><c> to</c><00:42:23.039><c> that,</c><00:42:23.199><c> it's</c><00:42:23.260><c> not</c><00:42:23.460><c> only</c>

00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:25.659
a<00:42:23.840><c> question</c><00:42:24.019><c> of</c><00:42:24.239><c> disobeying</c><00:42:24.739><c> of</c><00:42:24.940><c> God,</c><00:42:25.380><c> it's</c><00:42:25.579><c> a</c>

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:27.420
question<00:42:25.920><c> of</c><00:42:26.179><c> being</c><00:42:26.460><c> absolutely</c><00:42:27.099><c> showing</c>

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:30.239
ourselves<00:42:27.900><c> in</c><00:42:28.579><c> a</c><00:42:28.780><c> sense</c><00:42:28.940><c> of</c><00:42:29.380><c> base</c>

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:31.519
ingratitude.

00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:33.599
But<00:42:32.559><c> we</c><00:42:32.940><c> wrestle</c><00:42:33.400><c> with</c>

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:35.219
that<00:42:33.800><c> within</c><00:42:34.019><c> ourselves.</c>

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:37.579
Because<00:42:36.280><c> the</c><00:42:36.440><c> way</c><00:42:36.619><c> to</c><00:42:36.860><c> show</c><00:42:37.079><c> gratitude</c>

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:39.940
and<00:42:37.820><c> respond</c><00:42:38.440><c> is</c><00:42:39.239><c> going</c><00:42:39.480><c> to</c><00:42:39.579><c> mean</c>

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:42.320
a<00:42:40.360><c> hurt,</c><00:42:40.920><c> a</c><00:42:41.139><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:44.019
a<00:42:42.900><c> giving</c><00:42:43.119><c> up,</c>

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:46.039
of<00:42:44.699><c> doing</c><00:42:44.980><c> something</c><00:42:45.420><c> we</c><00:42:45.800><c> don't</c>

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:47.559
want<00:42:46.199><c> to</c><00:42:46.340><c> do.</c>

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And<00:42:47.900><c> we</c><00:42:48.079><c> wrestle</c><00:42:48.320><c> with</c><00:42:48.539><c> those</c><00:42:48.739><c> feelings.</c>

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:52.079
The<00:42:50.000><c> Apostle</c><00:42:50.320><c> said</c><00:42:50.559><c> this</c><00:42:50.800><c> in</c><00:42:50.960><c> the</c><00:42:51.099><c> Galatians.</c>

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:54.000
He<00:42:52.300><c> said,</c><00:42:52.539><c> I</c><00:42:52.539><c> do</c><00:42:52.739><c> not</c><00:42:52.940><c> frustrate</c><00:42:53.440><c> the</c><00:42:53.639><c> grace</c><00:42:53.840><c> of</c>

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:56.320
God.<00:42:54.920><c> I</c><00:42:55.119><c> don't</c><00:42:55.480><c> frustrate</c>

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:57.420
the<00:42:56.699><c> grace</c><00:42:56.940><c> of</c><00:42:57.179><c> God.</c>

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:59.840
You<00:42:57.860><c> think</c><00:42:57.980><c> of</c><00:42:58.099><c> that</c><00:42:58.219><c> expression.</c><00:42:58.800><c> If</c><00:42:58.860><c> we</c><00:42:59.079><c> take</c><00:42:59.280><c> nothing</c><00:42:59.500><c> away</c>

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:01.880
from<00:42:59.960><c> the</c><00:43:00.119><c> night,</c><00:43:00.519><c> think</c><00:43:00.619><c> of</c><00:43:00.719><c> that</c><00:43:00.860><c> expression.</c>

00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:03.980
Frustrating<00:43:02.880><c> within</c><00:43:03.260><c> ourselves</c>

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:05.940
the<00:43:04.199><c> grace</c><00:43:04.500><c> of</c><00:43:04.760><c> God.</c><00:43:04.940><c> It</c><00:43:05.059><c> isn't</c><00:43:05.219><c> only</c><00:43:05.500><c> a</c><00:43:05.699><c> question</c>

00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:07.860
of<00:43:06.340><c> failing</c><00:43:06.599><c> to</c><00:43:06.880><c> obey</c><00:43:07.219><c> God.</c><00:43:07.519><c> That's</c>

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:09.980
not<00:43:08.179><c> the</c><00:43:08.420><c> point.</c><00:43:08.900><c> The</c><00:43:09.059><c> point</c><00:43:09.300><c> is</c><00:43:09.519><c> that</c><00:43:09.739><c> God's</c>

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:12.760
grace<00:43:10.440><c> is</c><00:43:10.619><c> inducing</c><00:43:11.219><c> us</c><00:43:11.440><c> to</c><00:43:11.500><c> come</c><00:43:11.639><c> into</c><00:43:11.800><c> the</c><00:43:11.900><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:14.599
It's<00:43:13.099><c> drawing</c><00:43:13.440><c> us</c><00:43:13.780><c> on.</c>

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:16.239
God<00:43:14.940><c> is</c><00:43:15.280><c> bearing</c><00:43:15.519><c> in</c><00:43:15.739><c> upon</c><00:43:15.940><c> us</c>

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:18.239
in<00:43:16.280><c> so</c><00:43:16.619><c> many</c><00:43:16.860><c> ways</c><00:43:17.199><c> to</c><00:43:17.559><c> try</c><00:43:17.820><c> and</c><00:43:17.900><c> get</c><00:43:18.039><c> us</c>

00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:20.480
to<00:43:18.340><c> respond</c><00:43:18.800><c> to</c><00:43:18.920><c> His</c><00:43:19.159><c> goodness.</c><00:43:19.940><c> And</c><00:43:19.940><c> in</c>

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:22.119
the<00:43:20.599><c> ways</c><00:43:20.860><c> that</c><00:43:21.000><c> He's</c><00:43:21.119><c> going</c><00:43:21.400><c> about</c><00:43:21.639><c> it</c><00:43:21.760><c> is</c><00:43:21.860><c> a</c>

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:24.340
good<00:43:22.380><c> way.</c><00:43:22.619><c> It's</c><00:43:22.860><c> a</c><00:43:23.019><c> gracious</c><00:43:23.340><c> way.</c><00:43:23.679><c> It's</c><00:43:23.840><c> a</c><00:43:23.920><c> lovely</c>

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:26.280
way.<00:43:24.679><c> And</c><00:43:24.820><c> we</c><00:43:25.340><c> frustrate</c>

00:43:26.280 --> 00:43:28.420
that.<00:43:26.860><c> It</c><00:43:27.019><c> must</c><00:43:27.440><c> grieve</c><00:43:27.920><c> our</c><00:43:28.079><c> heavenly</c>

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:29.679
Father<00:43:28.800><c> to</c><00:43:29.039><c> see</c><00:43:29.139><c> that</c><00:43:29.380><c> done,</c>

00:43:29.820 --> 00:43:32.019
brethren<00:43:29.920><c> and</c><00:43:30.139><c> sisters.</c><00:43:31.099><c> And</c><00:43:31.280><c> then</c><00:43:31.519><c> because</c><00:43:31.820><c> these</c>

00:43:32.019 --> 00:43:34.199
people<00:43:32.239><c> were</c><00:43:32.500><c> frustrating</c><00:43:33.079><c> the</c><00:43:33.920><c> grace</c>

00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:36.179
of<00:43:34.380><c> God,</c><00:43:34.820><c> Jesus</c><00:43:35.320><c> gave</c>

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:37.619
them<00:43:36.360><c> a</c><00:43:36.440><c> little</c><00:43:36.659><c> parable.</c>

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:39.199
Where<00:43:38.079><c> unto</c><00:43:38.360><c> life</c><00:43:38.579><c> shall</c><00:43:38.800><c> I</c><00:43:39.019><c> liken</c>

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:41.500
the<00:43:39.380><c> men</c><00:43:39.559><c> of</c><00:43:39.659><c> this</c><00:43:39.800><c> generation?</c><00:43:40.320><c> And</c><00:43:40.460><c> He</c><00:43:40.460><c> would</c><00:43:40.599><c> look</c><00:43:40.739><c> at</c><00:43:40.920><c> these</c>

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:43.579
scribes<00:43:41.980><c> and</c><00:43:42.179><c> Pharisees</c><00:43:42.579><c> who</c><00:43:42.699><c> were</c><00:43:43.039><c> struggling</c>

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:45.199
within<00:43:43.940><c> themselves,</c>

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:47.320
knowing<00:43:45.880><c> what</c><00:43:46.059><c> they</c><00:43:46.280><c> heard</c><00:43:46.440><c> was</c><00:43:46.699><c> right,</c><00:43:47.039><c> but</c>

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:49.260
too<00:43:47.719><c> proud</c><00:43:48.179><c> to</c><00:43:48.460><c> say</c><00:43:48.619><c> it,</c>

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:51.139
and<00:43:49.800><c> fighting</c><00:43:50.079><c> that</c><00:43:50.360><c> feeling</c><00:43:50.639><c> down</c><00:43:50.980><c> and</c>

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:53.199
the<00:43:51.360><c> flesh</c><00:43:51.840><c> becoming</c><00:43:52.420><c> paramount</c><00:43:53.019><c> in</c>

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:55.079
them.<00:43:53.860><c> And</c><00:43:54.099><c> He</c><00:43:54.139><c> says,</c><00:43:54.619><c> what</c>

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:57.719
will<00:43:55.300><c> I</c><00:43:55.559><c> liken</c><00:43:55.820><c> the</c><00:43:55.960><c> men</c><00:43:56.139><c> of</c><00:43:56.280><c> this</c><00:43:56.420><c> generation</c><00:43:56.960><c> to?</c>

00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:59.239
Well,<00:43:58.179><c> He</c><00:43:58.320><c> said,</c><00:43:58.539><c> you're</c><00:43:58.719><c> like</c><00:43:58.920><c> children</c>

00:43:59.239 --> 00:44:00.619
in<00:43:59.420><c> the</c><00:43:59.619><c> marketplace.</c>

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:03.380
You<00:44:01.420><c> know,</c><00:44:01.679><c> brethren</c><00:44:01.780><c> and</c><00:44:01.960><c> sisters,</c><00:44:02.239><c> it's</c><00:44:02.460><c> from</c><00:44:02.739><c> this</c>

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:05.380
type<00:44:03.599><c> of</c><00:44:03.860><c> thing</c><00:44:04.019><c> that</c><00:44:04.159><c> we</c><00:44:04.239><c> get</c><00:44:04.420><c> our</c><00:44:04.599><c> word</c>

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:07.420
allegory.

00:44:07.659 --> 00:44:09.199
The<00:44:07.760><c> Greek</c><00:44:08.039><c> word</c><00:44:08.340><c> for</c>

00:44:09.780 --> 00:44:11.079
allegory<00:44:10.280><c> is</c><00:44:10.599><c> used</c>

00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:13.039
in<00:44:11.280><c> Galatians,</c><00:44:11.980><c> isn't</c><00:44:11.980><c> it,</c><00:44:12.039><c> when</c><00:44:12.219><c> Paul</c><00:44:12.480><c> speaks</c><00:44:12.780><c> about</c>

00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:14.739
the<00:44:13.260><c> two</c><00:44:13.420><c> women.</c><00:44:13.679><c> This</c><00:44:13.840><c> is</c><00:44:14.000><c> an</c><00:44:14.360><c> allegory.</c>

00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:16.980
What's<00:44:15.119><c> an</c><00:44:15.260><c> allegory?</c><00:44:16.139><c> Well,</c><00:44:16.360><c> the</c><00:44:16.480><c> Greek</c><00:44:16.699><c> word</c>

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:19.300
for<00:44:17.360><c> market</c><00:44:17.820><c> is</c><00:44:18.260><c> agora.</c>

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And<00:44:20.340><c> allegory</c>

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:22.980
is<00:44:21.300><c> a</c><00:44:21.420><c> word</c><00:44:21.559><c> which</c><00:44:21.780><c> means</c><00:44:22.079><c> to</c><00:44:22.440><c> speak</c><00:44:22.739><c> in</c>

00:44:22.980 --> 00:44:25.159
the<00:44:23.179><c> market.</c><00:44:24.780><c> And</c><00:44:24.880><c> you</c><00:44:24.980><c> see,</c>

00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:27.139
Paul's<00:44:25.659><c> word</c><00:44:25.880><c> came</c><00:44:26.199><c> from</c><00:44:26.400><c> a</c><00:44:26.719><c> practice</c>

00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:28.920
which,<00:44:28.159><c> if</c><00:44:28.219><c> you</c><00:44:28.320><c> read</c><00:44:28.480><c> any</c><00:44:28.639><c> history</c>

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:30.920
of<00:44:29.079><c> the</c><00:44:29.239><c> times,</c><00:44:29.400><c> you'll</c><00:44:29.860><c> understand.</c><00:44:30.380><c> It</c><00:44:30.420><c> wasn't</c><00:44:30.639><c> only</c>

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:32.960
in<00:44:31.380><c> the</c><00:44:31.400><c> land</c><00:44:31.739><c> of</c>

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:35.000
Israel<00:44:33.460><c> that</c><00:44:33.480><c> this</c><00:44:33.679><c> happened,</c><00:44:33.920><c> but</c><00:44:34.099><c> all</c><00:44:34.280><c> over</c><00:44:34.460><c> the</c><00:44:34.579><c> Middle</c><00:44:34.840><c> East.</c>

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:37.019
This<00:44:35.199><c> was</c><00:44:35.400><c> a</c><00:44:35.619><c> custom</c><00:44:35.800><c> at</c><00:44:35.980><c> the</c><00:44:36.099><c> time.</c><00:44:36.320><c> But</c><00:44:36.420><c> they</c><00:44:36.519><c> didn't</c><00:44:36.780><c> have,</c>

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:39.199
of<00:44:37.199><c> course,</c><00:44:37.980><c> shops</c><00:44:38.119><c> on</c><00:44:38.340><c> every</c><00:44:38.639><c> street</c><00:44:38.820><c> corner.</c>

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:41.119
They<00:44:39.719><c> had</c><00:44:39.940><c> their</c><00:44:40.219><c> vast</c><00:44:40.619><c> markets,</c>

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:43.139
open<00:44:41.599><c> markets,</c><00:44:42.039><c> where</c><00:44:42.159><c> they</c><00:44:42.340><c> brought</c><00:44:42.519><c> their</c><00:44:42.820><c> produce</c>

00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:44.980
and<00:44:43.260><c> they</c><00:44:43.420><c> all</c><00:44:43.519><c> went</c><00:44:43.659><c> down</c><00:44:44.000><c> there</c><00:44:44.179><c> to</c><00:44:44.360><c> buy</c><00:44:44.599><c> or</c><00:44:44.760><c> to</c>

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:46.960
bath<00:44:45.139><c> or</c><00:44:45.280><c> whatever</c><00:44:45.639><c> to</c><00:44:46.039><c> get</c><00:44:46.219><c> their</c><00:44:46.440><c> supplies.</c>

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:49.039
And<00:44:47.159><c> so,</c><00:44:47.820><c> mother</c><00:44:47.900><c> and</c><00:44:48.199><c> father</c><00:44:48.460><c> and</c><00:44:48.619><c> the</c><00:44:48.840><c> children</c>

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:51.280
would<00:44:49.239><c> go</c><00:44:49.480><c> on</c><00:44:49.619><c> the</c><00:44:49.820><c> open</c><00:44:50.079><c> market</c><00:44:50.440><c> days.</c>

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:53.340
And<00:44:51.420><c> while</c><00:44:51.559><c> mother</c><00:44:51.820><c> and</c><00:44:52.079><c> father</c><00:44:52.280><c> were</c><00:44:52.500><c> engaged</c><00:44:52.940><c> in</c>

00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:55.320
procuring<00:44:53.820><c> for</c><00:44:53.960><c> the</c><00:44:54.159><c> household</c><00:44:54.559><c> all</c><00:44:54.760><c> the</c><00:44:54.940><c> necessary</c>

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:57.239
needs,<00:44:56.260><c> what</c><00:44:56.400><c> would</c><00:44:56.500><c> the</c><00:44:56.679><c> children</c><00:44:56.900><c> do?</c>

00:44:57.739 --> 00:44:58.980
Well,<00:44:57.940><c> they</c><00:44:58.059><c> would</c><00:44:58.139><c> get</c><00:44:58.239><c> in</c><00:44:58.360><c> little</c><00:44:58.500><c> groups,</c><00:44:58.880><c> have</c>

00:44:58.980 --> 00:45:01.139
games.<00:44:59.380><c> It</c><00:44:59.460><c> was</c><00:44:59.619><c> a</c><00:44:59.780><c> time</c><00:44:59.940><c> of</c><00:45:00.179><c> rejoicing.</c><00:45:00.539><c> They'd</c><00:45:00.780><c> meet</c><00:45:00.880><c> their</c>

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:03.559
friends.<00:45:02.559><c> They'd</c><00:45:02.820><c> run</c><00:45:03.000><c> down</c><00:45:03.320><c> there</c>

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:05.400
and<00:45:03.619><c> probably</c><00:45:04.539><c> only</c><00:45:04.860><c> once</c><00:45:05.099><c> a</c><00:45:05.260><c> week</c>

00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:07.320
or<00:45:05.460><c> whatever</c><00:45:05.739><c> they</c><00:45:05.900><c> had</c><00:45:06.139><c> them,</c><00:45:06.440><c> they'd</c><00:45:06.619><c> meet</c><00:45:06.840><c> their</c><00:45:07.119><c> friends</c>

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:09.199
and<00:45:07.440><c> they</c><00:45:07.579><c> would</c><00:45:07.900><c> really</c><00:45:08.260><c> enjoy</c><00:45:08.639><c> those</c><00:45:08.960><c> times.</c>

00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:11.300
And<00:45:09.380><c> so</c><00:45:09.460><c> the</c><00:45:09.639><c> children</c><00:45:09.980><c> were</c><00:45:10.719><c> in</c><00:45:10.860><c> the</c><00:45:11.019><c> custom</c>

00:45:11.300 --> 00:45:13.039
of<00:45:11.599><c> playing</c><00:45:11.880><c> games</c><00:45:12.340><c> in</c><00:45:12.519><c> the</c><00:45:12.699><c> market.</c>

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:15.420
Allegory.<00:45:14.099><c> And</c><00:45:14.300><c> they'd</c><00:45:14.500><c> tell</c><00:45:14.699><c> their</c><00:45:14.980><c> stories.</c>

00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:17.380
And<00:45:15.900><c> they</c><00:45:16.019><c> would</c><00:45:16.260><c> play</c><00:45:16.420><c> the</c><00:45:16.619><c> games.</c><00:45:17.139><c> Jesus</c>

00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:18.800
makes<00:45:17.639><c> mention</c><00:45:17.920><c> of</c><00:45:18.059><c> two</c><00:45:18.300><c> of</c><00:45:18.380><c> them</c><00:45:18.500><c> here.</c>

00:45:19.059 --> 00:45:21.099
They<00:45:19.280><c> played</c><00:45:19.519><c> funerals</c><00:45:20.239><c> and</c><00:45:20.719><c> they</c><00:45:20.860><c> played</c>

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:24.059
weddings.<00:45:22.219><c> And</c><00:45:22.380><c> he</c><00:45:22.380><c> says,</c><00:45:22.659><c> you're</c><00:45:22.739><c> like</c><00:45:22.900><c> the</c><00:45:23.139><c> children.</c>

00:45:24.739 --> 00:45:25.260
They<00:45:25.019><c> call</c>

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:27.159
one<00:45:25.460><c> to</c><00:45:25.619><c> another</c><00:45:25.860><c> saying,</c><00:45:26.099><c> we</c><00:45:26.260><c> have</c><00:45:26.519><c> piped</c><00:45:26.760><c> unto</c><00:45:26.960><c> you,</c>

00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:28.739
you<00:45:27.320><c> have</c><00:45:27.460><c> not</c><00:45:27.639><c> danced.</c>

00:45:29.219 --> 00:45:30.940
And<00:45:29.659><c> we've</c><00:45:30.039><c> mourned</c><00:45:30.300><c> unto</c><00:45:30.460><c> you,</c><00:45:30.639><c> you</c><00:45:30.699><c> have</c><00:45:30.699><c> not</c>

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:32.760
wept.<00:45:31.260><c> And</c><00:45:31.260><c> so,</c><00:45:31.599><c> here's</c><00:45:31.860><c> two</c><00:45:32.079><c> groups</c><00:45:32.320><c> of</c><00:45:32.539><c> children</c>

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:34.559
and<00:45:32.880><c> one</c><00:45:33.099><c> little</c><00:45:33.380><c> group</c><00:45:33.659><c> of</c><00:45:33.940><c> children</c><00:45:34.260><c> saying,</c>

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:36.659
let's<00:45:35.139><c> play</c><00:45:35.659><c> weddings</c><00:45:36.179><c> and</c><00:45:36.340><c> we'll</c><00:45:36.480><c> have</c>

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:39.079
a<00:45:36.880><c> festivity.</c><00:45:37.420><c> No,</c><00:45:37.699><c> we</c><00:45:37.940><c> want</c><00:45:38.199><c> to</c><00:45:38.480><c> play</c>

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:40.800
funerals.<00:45:40.039><c> All</c><00:45:40.239><c> right,</c><00:45:40.519><c> then</c>

00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:42.820
we'll<00:45:41.380><c> play</c><00:45:41.659><c> funerals.</c><00:45:42.260><c> Well,</c><00:45:42.500><c> now</c>

00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:44.599
we<00:45:43.000><c> want</c><00:45:43.179><c> to</c><00:45:43.400><c> play</c><00:45:43.699><c> weddings.</c>

00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:46.460
Isn't<00:45:45.239><c> that</c><00:45:45.400><c> like</c><00:45:45.559><c> children?</c>

00:45:47.260 --> 00:45:48.500
And<00:45:47.420><c> they</c><00:45:47.619><c> changed</c><00:45:47.880><c> their</c><00:45:48.099><c> mind,</c><00:45:48.400><c> you</c><00:45:48.400><c> see.</c>

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:50.639
Whatever<00:45:48.900><c> one</c><00:45:49.099><c> suggested,</c><00:45:49.719><c> they'd</c><00:45:50.159><c> go</c><00:45:50.219><c> the</c><00:45:50.380><c> opposite.</c>

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:52.599
And<00:45:50.820><c> they</c><00:45:50.880><c> said,</c><00:45:50.940><c> well,</c><00:45:51.119><c> fair</c><00:45:51.280><c> enough,</c><00:45:51.559><c> we'll</c><00:45:51.699><c> do</c><00:45:51.840><c> it.</c><00:45:52.059><c> No,</c><00:45:52.360><c> no,</c>

00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:54.559
well,<00:45:52.980><c> we'll</c><00:45:53.099><c> do</c><00:45:53.219><c> what</c><00:45:53.340><c> you</c><00:45:53.500><c> said</c><00:45:53.679><c> first.</c><00:45:54.179><c> And</c><00:45:54.420><c> so</c>

00:45:54.559 --> 00:45:57.239
it<00:45:54.699><c> go</c><00:45:54.840><c> on.</c><00:45:55.380><c> Just</c><00:45:55.820><c> stupidity,</c><00:45:56.559><c> really.</c>

00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:58.780
Childlike<00:45:57.760><c> stupidity.</c><00:45:58.199><c> He</c><00:45:58.199><c> said,</c><00:45:58.480><c> that's</c><00:45:58.639><c> what</c>

00:45:58.780 --> 00:46:00.800
you're<00:45:59.079><c> like.</c><00:45:59.300><c> Why</c><00:45:59.559><c> were</c><00:45:59.760><c> they</c><00:45:59.860><c> like</c><00:46:00.079><c> that?</c><00:46:00.280><c> He</c><00:46:00.280><c> said,</c><00:46:00.599><c> because</c>

00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:02.980
John<00:46:01.019><c> the</c><00:46:01.159><c> Baptist</c><00:46:01.760><c> came</c><00:46:02.159><c> neither</c><00:46:02.519><c> eating</c>

00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:04.719
bread<00:46:03.239><c> nor</c><00:46:03.460><c> drinking</c><00:46:03.800><c> wine.</c><00:46:04.260><c> You</c><00:46:04.420><c> say,</c>

00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:05.920
he's<00:46:05.019><c> got</c><00:46:05.119><c> a</c><00:46:05.239><c> devil.</c>

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:08.840
The<00:46:07.280><c> son</c><00:46:07.460><c> of</c><00:46:07.639><c> man</c><00:46:07.860><c> comes</c><00:46:08.179><c> eating</c><00:46:08.440><c> and</c><00:46:08.659><c> drinking</c>

00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:10.760
and<00:46:08.980><c> you</c><00:46:09.139><c> say,</c><00:46:09.639><c> a</c><00:46:09.760><c> gluttonous</c><00:46:10.179><c> man,</c><00:46:10.500><c> a</c><00:46:10.599><c> friend</c>

00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:13.699
of<00:46:11.260><c> sinners</c><00:46:11.539><c> and</c><00:46:12.599><c> publicans.</c>

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:15.519
You<00:46:14.159><c> can't</c><00:46:14.500><c> win.</c>

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:16.780
You<00:46:16.480><c> cannot</c>

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:19.039
win.<00:46:18.260><c> So</c><00:46:18.460><c> John's</c>

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:20.920
abstinence,<00:46:19.599><c> brethren</c><00:46:19.739><c> and</c><00:46:19.980><c> sisters,</c><00:46:20.360><c> from</c><00:46:20.619><c> the</c>

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:23.039
delicacies<00:46:21.340><c> of</c><00:46:21.579><c> life,</c><00:46:22.659><c> offended</c>

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:24.920
them<00:46:23.420><c> because</c><00:46:23.920><c> they</c><00:46:24.260><c> liked</c><00:46:24.519><c> their</c><00:46:24.739><c> good</c>

00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:27.420
meals.<00:46:26.440><c> Jesus</c><00:46:26.739><c> comes</c><00:46:27.000><c> along</c>

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:29.280
and<00:46:27.960><c> openly</c><00:46:28.300><c> eats</c><00:46:28.619><c> and</c><00:46:28.800><c> enjoys</c>

00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:31.039
his<00:46:29.480><c> meals</c><00:46:29.760><c> with</c><00:46:29.960><c> the</c><00:46:30.079><c> people</c><00:46:30.260><c> that</c><00:46:30.400><c> he</c><00:46:30.460><c> ate</c><00:46:30.579><c> with</c><00:46:30.699><c> and</c><00:46:30.800><c> they</c><00:46:30.920><c> said,</c>

00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:33.000
oh,<00:46:31.679><c> a</c><00:46:31.800><c> public,</c><00:46:32.059><c> a</c><00:46:32.440><c> gluttonous</c><00:46:32.840><c> man.</c>

00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:34.920
You<00:46:33.380><c> can't</c><00:46:33.739><c> win.</c><00:46:33.900><c> He</c><00:46:33.960><c> said,</c><00:46:34.139><c> you're</c><00:46:34.219><c> just</c><00:46:34.480><c> like</c><00:46:34.659><c> those</c>

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:36.280
children<00:46:35.119><c> in</c><00:46:35.280><c> the</c><00:46:35.420><c> markets.</c>

00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:39.079
Then<00:46:37.260><c> he</c><00:46:37.340><c> said</c><00:46:37.460><c> a</c><00:46:37.539><c> wonderful</c><00:46:37.860><c> thing.</c>

00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:40.800
Verse<00:46:39.900><c> 35.</c>

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:42.780
But<00:46:42.119><c> wisdom</c><00:46:42.480><c> is</c>

00:46:42.780 --> 00:46:44.800
justified<00:46:43.219><c> of</c><00:46:43.420><c> all</c><00:46:43.599><c> her</c><00:46:43.800><c> children.</c>

00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:47.239
That's<00:46:45.820><c> Proverbs</c><00:46:46.119><c> 8.</c>

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:49.079
Have<00:46:47.699><c> a</c><00:46:47.739><c> look</c><00:46:47.860><c> at</c><00:46:47.960><c> it.</c>

00:46:49.780 --> 00:46:51.079
You<00:46:50.179><c> see,</c>

00:46:52.099 --> 00:46:53.039
there<00:46:52.199><c> are</c><00:46:52.320><c> all</c><00:46:52.460><c> sorts</c><00:46:52.659><c> of</c><00:46:52.840><c> children</c>

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:54.440
in<00:46:53.199><c> that</c><00:46:53.280><c> marketplace.</c>

00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:57.360
I<00:46:56.059><c> think</c><00:46:56.199><c> this</c><00:46:56.340><c> is</c><00:46:56.519><c> absolutely</c><00:46:56.860><c> wonderful.</c>

00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:59.500
That's<00:46:57.800><c> Proverbs</c><00:46:58.139><c> 8.</c>

00:47:00.940 --> 00:47:01.460
Wisdom

00:47:01.460 --> 00:47:03.699
is<00:47:01.780><c> justified</c><00:47:02.400><c> of</c><00:47:02.519><c> her</c><00:47:02.739><c> children.</c>

00:47:05.619 --> 00:47:07.019
And<00:47:05.659><c> so</c><00:47:05.860><c> wisdom</c><00:47:06.199><c> was</c><00:47:06.420><c> in</c><00:47:06.539><c> the</c><00:47:06.679><c> markets,</c>

00:47:07.219 --> 00:47:09.579
brethren<00:47:07.360><c> and</c><00:47:07.559><c> sisters,</c><00:47:07.900><c> and</c><00:47:08.059><c> there</c><00:47:08.219><c> she</c><00:47:08.400><c> was.</c>

00:47:09.639 --> 00:47:11.539
Proverbs<00:47:10.139><c> 8,</c><00:47:10.500><c> verse</c><00:47:10.719><c> 1.</c>

00:47:12.639 --> 00:47:13.699
He<00:47:12.679><c> says,</c>

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:15.280
Does<00:47:14.119><c> not</c><00:47:14.400><c> wisdom</c><00:47:14.800><c> cry</c>

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:17.820
and<00:47:15.519><c> understanding</c><00:47:16.079><c> put</c><00:47:16.400><c> forth</c><00:47:16.599><c> her</c><00:47:16.840><c> voice?</c>

00:47:18.139 --> 00:47:19.260
She<00:47:18.519><c> standeth</c><00:47:18.900><c> in</c><00:47:19.000><c> the</c>

00:47:19.260 --> 00:47:20.679
top<00:47:19.539><c> of</c><00:47:19.739><c> the</c><00:47:19.920><c> high</c><00:47:20.179><c> places,</c>

00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:22.820
by<00:47:21.539><c> the</c><00:47:21.800><c> way,</c><00:47:22.179><c> in</c><00:47:22.400><c> the</c><00:47:22.579><c> places</c>

00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:24.159
of<00:47:23.039><c> the</c><00:47:23.239><c> parts.</c>

00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:26.860
She<00:47:24.780><c> cryeth</c><00:47:25.199><c> at</c><00:47:25.280><c> the</c><00:47:25.500><c> gates,</c><00:47:26.019><c> at</c><00:47:26.019><c> the</c><00:47:26.139><c> entry</c><00:47:26.300><c> of</c><00:47:26.480><c> the</c><00:47:26.599><c> city,</c>

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:28.099
at<00:47:27.119><c> the</c><00:47:27.239><c> coming</c><00:47:27.400><c> into</c><00:47:27.579><c> the</c><00:47:27.800><c> doors.</c>

00:47:28.280 --> 00:47:31.239
She's<00:47:28.539><c> everywhere.</c><00:47:29.239><c> She's</c><00:47:29.480><c> in</c><00:47:29.619><c> the</c><00:47:29.800><c> markets,</c><00:47:30.139><c> isn't</c><00:47:30.360><c> she?</c>

00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:32.219
Wisdom.

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:35.079
And<00:47:32.719><c> she's</c><00:47:33.199><c> justified</c><00:47:33.800><c> of</c><00:47:33.960><c> her</c><00:47:34.179><c> children.</c>

00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:36.679
Well,<00:47:35.539><c> look</c><00:47:35.719><c> at</c><00:47:35.880><c> verse</c><00:47:36.039><c> 33</c>

00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:38.300
or<00:47:36.900><c> verse</c><00:47:37.239><c> 32.</c>

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:40.179
Now<00:47:39.139><c> therefore</c><00:47:39.659><c> she</c><00:47:39.940><c> says,</c>

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:43.260
Harken<00:47:40.599><c> unto</c><00:47:40.840><c> me,</c><00:47:41.179><c> O</c><00:47:41.599><c> ye</c><00:47:42.079><c> children,</c>

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:44.699
for<00:47:43.719><c> blessed</c><00:47:44.039><c> are</c><00:47:44.179><c> they</c><00:47:44.360><c> that</c><00:47:44.519><c> keep</c>

00:47:44.699 --> 00:47:46.800
my<00:47:44.980><c> ways.</c><00:47:46.039><c> Hear</c><00:47:46.239><c> instruction</c>

00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:49.079
and<00:47:46.980><c> be</c><00:47:47.300><c> wise</c><00:47:47.539><c> and</c><00:47:47.739><c> refuse</c><00:47:48.099><c> it</c><00:47:48.320><c> not.</c>

00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:51.199
Blessed<00:47:49.900><c> is</c><00:47:50.139><c> the</c><00:47:50.280><c> man</c><00:47:50.420><c> that</c><00:47:50.659><c> heareth</c><00:47:50.880><c> me,</c>

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:52.639
watching<00:47:51.599><c> daily</c><00:47:51.980><c> at</c><00:47:52.159><c> my</c><00:47:52.420><c> gates,</c>

00:47:52.780 --> 00:47:54.820
waiting<00:47:52.980><c> at</c><00:47:53.179><c> the</c><00:47:53.340><c> post</c><00:47:53.519><c> of</c><00:47:53.679><c> my</c><00:47:53.940><c> doors.</c>

00:47:55.219 --> 00:47:56.860
For<00:47:55.360><c> whoso</c><00:47:55.639><c> findeth</c><00:47:56.139><c> me</c><00:47:56.360><c> findeth</c>

00:47:56.860 --> 00:47:58.659
life,<00:47:57.619><c> and</c><00:47:57.820><c> shall</c><00:47:57.960><c> obtain</c><00:47:58.340><c> favor</c>

00:47:58.659 --> 00:48:00.719
of<00:47:58.860><c> Yahweh.</c><00:48:00.139><c> Wisdom</c>

00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:02.980
is<00:48:01.280><c> justified</c><00:48:02.139><c> of</c><00:48:02.599><c> her</c>

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:04.699
children.<00:48:03.780><c> How</c><00:48:04.000><c> do</c><00:48:04.139><c> they</c><00:48:04.239><c> justify</c>

00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:07.019
wisdom?<00:48:05.960><c> How</c><00:48:06.199><c> do</c><00:48:06.320><c> you</c><00:48:06.420><c> justify</c>

00:48:07.019 --> 00:48:08.780
anyone's<00:48:07.699><c> wisdom,</c><00:48:08.099><c> brethren</c><00:48:08.320><c> and</c><00:48:08.579><c> sisters?</c>

00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:10.820
How<00:48:09.440><c> do</c><00:48:09.880><c> you</c>

00:48:10.820 --> 00:48:12.380
justify

00:48:12.780 --> 00:48:14.760
anyone's<00:48:13.360><c> wisdom?</c><00:48:13.840><c> How</c><00:48:14.179><c> does</c>

00:48:14.760 --> 00:48:16.860
the<00:48:15.519><c> children</c><00:48:15.760><c> of</c><00:48:15.940><c> wisdom</c><00:48:16.239><c> justify</c>

00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:19.199
her<00:48:17.079><c> wisdom</c><00:48:17.500><c> in</c><00:48:17.920><c> exactly</c><00:48:18.659><c> the</c><00:48:18.900><c> same</c>

00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:20.780
way<00:48:19.539><c> as</c><00:48:19.780><c> those</c><00:48:20.099><c> publicans</c><00:48:20.559><c> and</c>

00:48:20.780 --> 00:48:22.079
harlots<00:48:21.019><c> justified</c><00:48:21.659><c> God?</c>

00:48:22.559 --> 00:48:24.659
Doing<00:48:23.000><c> what</c><00:48:23.440><c> he</c><00:48:23.800><c> said.</c>

00:48:24.699 --> 00:48:27.360
Now<00:48:24.739><c> look,</c><00:48:25.639><c> if</c><00:48:25.739><c> someone</c><00:48:26.099><c> comes</c><00:48:26.380><c> to</c><00:48:26.599><c> you</c>

00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:28.440
and<00:48:28.039><c> said,</c>

00:48:28.940 --> 00:48:30.860
or<00:48:29.000><c> you</c><00:48:29.159><c> go</c><00:48:29.340><c> to</c><00:48:29.440><c> them</c><00:48:29.579><c> and</c><00:48:29.699><c> you</c><00:48:29.840><c> say,</c><00:48:30.139><c> now</c><00:48:30.139><c> look,</c><00:48:30.480><c> I'm</c><00:48:30.679><c> in</c>

00:48:30.860 --> 00:48:32.380
trouble.<00:48:31.199><c> I'd</c><00:48:31.420><c> like</c><00:48:31.559><c> a</c><00:48:31.639><c> bit</c><00:48:31.800><c> of</c><00:48:32.000><c> advice.</c>

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:34.239
Here's<00:48:32.780><c> the</c><00:48:32.980><c> problem.</c><00:48:33.199><c> They're</c><00:48:33.360><c> going</c><00:48:33.440><c> to</c><00:48:33.539><c> outline</c><00:48:33.760><c> the</c><00:48:34.000><c> problem.</c>

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:36.219
The<00:48:34.860><c> brother</c><00:48:35.000><c> would</c><00:48:35.159><c> think</c><00:48:35.360><c> about</c><00:48:35.559><c> it</c><00:48:35.679><c> and</c><00:48:35.760><c> he'd</c><00:48:35.900><c> come</c><00:48:36.039><c> back</c>

00:48:36.219 --> 00:48:36.519
and<00:48:36.320><c> he'd</c><00:48:36.460><c> say,</c>

00:48:36.579 --> 00:48:37.840
well<00:48:36.679><c> look,</c><00:48:36.980><c> I've</c><00:48:37.199><c> thought</c><00:48:37.300><c> about</c><00:48:37.539><c> that.</c>

00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:40.639
I<00:48:38.360><c> think</c><00:48:38.599><c> the</c><00:48:39.059><c> wisest</c><00:48:39.579><c> course</c><00:48:39.920><c> for</c><00:48:40.119><c> you</c><00:48:40.199><c> to</c><00:48:40.440><c> take</c>

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is<00:48:40.960><c> this.</c><00:48:41.780><c> Now</c><00:48:41.980><c> if</c><00:48:42.039><c> you</c><00:48:42.199><c> really</c><00:48:42.480><c> believe</c>

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that's<00:48:43.099><c> the</c><00:48:43.300><c> wisest</c><00:48:43.639><c> course</c><00:48:43.840><c> to</c><00:48:44.079><c> take,</c>

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if<00:48:45.019><c> you</c><00:48:45.239><c> really</c><00:48:45.539><c> believe</c><00:48:45.940><c> that</c><00:48:46.199><c> that</c><00:48:46.380><c> brother</c>

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thought<00:48:46.820><c> that</c><00:48:47.000><c> out</c><00:48:47.179><c> well,</c><00:48:48.440><c> and</c><00:48:48.440><c> you'd</c><00:48:48.679><c> never</c>

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thought<00:48:49.059><c> of</c><00:48:49.179><c> that,</c><00:48:49.300><c> but</c><00:48:49.400><c> you</c><00:48:49.440><c> can</c><00:48:49.699><c> see</c><00:48:49.900><c> clearly</c>

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that<00:48:50.780><c> that's</c><00:48:50.960><c> the</c><00:48:51.039><c> way</c><00:48:51.139><c> to</c><00:48:51.360><c> go.</c><00:48:51.519><c> You</c><00:48:51.619><c> know</c><00:48:51.739><c> the</c><00:48:51.840><c> way</c><00:48:52.000><c> to</c><00:48:52.139><c> justify</c>

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that<00:48:52.780><c> wisdom?</c><00:48:53.280><c> Do</c><00:48:53.619><c> it!</c>

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Don't<00:48:55.840><c> go</c><00:48:55.960><c> around</c><00:48:56.119><c> telling</c><00:48:56.320><c> people</c>

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he's<00:48:56.780><c> a</c><00:48:56.940><c> wise</c><00:48:57.199><c> man.</c>

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Don't<00:48:58.840><c> go</c><00:48:59.000><c> around</c><00:48:59.239><c> telling</c><00:48:59.420><c> people</c><00:48:59.639><c> what</c><00:48:59.840><c> the</c><00:49:00.239><c> sort</c><00:49:00.380><c> of</c><00:49:00.519><c> wisdom</c>

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you<00:49:01.059><c> heard</c><00:49:01.400><c> and</c><00:49:02.420><c> the</c>

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way<00:49:02.699><c> that</c><00:49:02.820><c> he</c><00:49:02.980><c> deduced</c><00:49:03.280><c> it.</c><00:49:03.780><c> Go</c><00:49:04.199><c> and</c>

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practice<00:49:05.019><c> it.</c><00:49:05.940><c> There's</c><00:49:06.179><c> only</c>

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one<00:49:06.760><c> way</c><00:49:07.000><c> to</c><00:49:07.260><c> justify</c><00:49:07.599><c> anybody's</c><00:49:08.099><c> wisdom</c>

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and<00:49:08.840><c> that's</c><00:49:09.019><c> to</c><00:49:09.260><c> do</c><00:49:09.380><c> it.</c><00:49:09.980><c> And</c><00:49:10.079><c> that</c>

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really<00:49:11.019><c> justifies</c><00:49:11.599><c> it.</c><00:49:12.159><c> Brethren</c><00:49:12.340><c> and</c><00:49:12.599><c> sisters</c>

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talking<00:49:13.039><c> about</c><00:49:13.340><c> it</c><00:49:13.559><c> and</c><00:49:13.559><c> not</c><00:49:13.840><c> doing</c><00:49:14.059><c> it</c><00:49:14.420><c> is</c>

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not<00:49:15.000><c> to</c><00:49:15.139><c> justify</c><00:49:15.599><c> it.</c><00:49:16.300><c> Wisdom</c>

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is<00:49:17.099><c> justified</c><00:49:17.559><c> of</c><00:49:17.699><c> her</c><00:49:17.940><c> children</c><00:49:18.179><c> because</c>

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her<00:49:18.980><c> children</c><00:49:19.239><c> actually</c><00:49:19.719><c> go</c><00:49:19.880><c> about</c><00:49:20.159><c> doing</c><00:49:20.340><c> what</c><00:49:20.539><c> wisdom</c>

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said.<00:49:22.480><c> And</c><00:49:22.500><c> that's</c>

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what<00:49:22.800><c> Jesus</c><00:49:23.119><c> said.</c><00:49:24.019><c> You're</c><00:49:24.199><c> like</c><00:49:24.360><c> children</c>

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in<00:49:24.760><c> the</c><00:49:24.900><c> marketplace.</c><00:49:25.420><c> You</c><00:49:25.500><c> don't</c><00:49:25.739><c> do</c><00:49:25.840><c> what</c><00:49:25.960><c> anybody</c><00:49:26.300><c> says.</c>

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John<00:49:28.019><c> came</c><00:49:28.300><c> along</c><00:49:28.480><c> with</c><00:49:28.639><c> his</c>

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brand<00:49:29.019><c> of</c><00:49:29.219><c> wisdom</c><00:49:29.519><c> and</c><00:49:29.760><c> you</c><00:49:29.960><c> called</c><00:49:30.059><c> him</c><00:49:30.239><c> a</c><00:49:30.380><c> devil.</c>

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I<00:49:30.800><c> come</c><00:49:30.980><c> along</c><00:49:31.179><c> with</c><00:49:31.420><c> mine.</c><00:49:31.719><c> You</c><00:49:31.840><c> say</c><00:49:31.940><c> a</c><00:49:32.119><c> gluttonous</c><00:49:32.480><c> man.</c>

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You<00:49:33.679><c> didn't</c><00:49:33.900><c> justify</c><00:49:34.440><c> either</c>

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of<00:49:34.900><c> us.</c><00:49:35.139><c> But</c><00:49:35.260><c> the</c><00:49:35.340><c> publicans</c><00:49:35.760><c> in</c><00:49:35.900><c> the</c><00:49:35.980><c> heart</c><00:49:36.079><c> have</c><00:49:36.260><c> justified</c>

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God<00:49:37.079><c> because</c><00:49:37.360><c> they</c><00:49:37.699><c> were</c><00:49:38.079><c> baptized</c>

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of<00:49:38.800><c> John.</c><00:49:39.480><c> God</c><00:49:39.800><c> said</c>

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all<00:49:40.820><c> flesh</c><00:49:41.179><c> is</c><00:49:41.460><c> grass.</c><00:49:42.159><c> They</c><00:49:42.280><c> thought</c>

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about<00:49:42.739><c> it</c><00:49:42.880><c> and</c><00:49:42.960><c> they</c><00:49:43.119><c> thought,</c><00:49:43.559><c> well</c><00:49:43.719><c> when</c><00:49:43.860><c> you</c><00:49:43.980><c> think</c><00:49:44.159><c> about</c><00:49:44.340><c> it</c>

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it<00:49:44.579><c> is.</c><00:49:45.579><c> There's</c><00:49:45.820><c> not</c><00:49:45.940><c> an</c><00:49:46.159><c> instinct</c>

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in<00:49:46.539><c> our</c><00:49:46.679><c> body</c><00:49:46.900><c> that's</c><00:49:47.159><c> any</c><00:49:47.320><c> good.</c><00:49:47.599><c> The</c><00:49:47.739><c> whole</c><00:49:47.940><c> thing</c><00:49:48.119><c> is</c>

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shot<00:49:48.599><c> through</c><00:49:48.920><c> with</c><00:49:49.360><c> these</c><00:49:49.599><c> propensities</c>

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which<00:49:50.380><c> all</c><00:49:50.599><c> of</c><00:49:50.659><c> them</c><00:49:50.860><c> attend</c><00:49:51.159><c> to</c><00:49:51.380><c> death.</c>

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Flesh<00:49:52.679><c> is</c><00:49:52.980><c> grass.</c><00:49:53.420><c> They</c><00:49:53.599><c> got</c><00:49:53.719><c> into</c><00:49:53.860><c> the</c><00:49:54.099><c> water.</c>

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They<00:49:54.980><c> justified</c><00:49:55.519><c> God's</c><00:49:55.960><c> wisdom</c><00:49:56.099><c> in</c>

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telling<00:49:56.579><c> them</c><00:49:56.739><c> that.</c><00:49:56.880><c> They</c><00:49:57.059><c> learned</c><00:49:57.280><c> a</c><00:49:57.440><c> lesson.</c>

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And<00:49:58.380><c> they</c><00:49:58.719><c> prepared</c><00:49:59.059><c> to</c><00:49:59.300><c> accept</c><00:49:59.579><c> it.</c><00:49:59.800><c> That's</c><00:50:00.059><c> what</c>

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wisdom's<00:50:00.659><c> children</c><00:50:00.860><c> do,</c><00:50:01.219><c> brethren</c><00:50:01.360><c> and</c><00:50:01.599><c> sisters.</c><00:50:02.119><c> And</c>

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so<00:50:02.400><c> the</c><00:50:02.539><c> Lord</c><00:50:02.719><c> finished</c><00:50:03.079><c> that</c><00:50:03.260><c> little</c><00:50:03.460><c> section</c><00:50:03.739><c> by</c><00:50:04.019><c> telling</c>

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them<00:50:04.500><c> that.</c><00:50:04.960><c> That</c><00:50:05.119><c> whilst</c><00:50:05.260><c> they</c><00:50:05.400><c> were</c><00:50:05.579><c> acting</c><00:50:05.880><c> like</c>

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those<00:50:06.559><c> irresponsible,</c><00:50:07.739><c> immature</c>

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children<00:50:08.619><c> who</c><00:50:09.280><c> would</c><00:50:09.440><c> never</c><00:50:09.619><c> be</c><00:50:09.880><c> told</c><00:50:10.059><c> anything</c>

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but<00:50:10.500><c> do</c><00:50:10.699><c> the</c><00:50:10.880><c> opposite,</c>

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nonetheless<00:50:12.639><c> there</c><00:50:12.940><c> was</c><00:50:13.360><c> in</c><00:50:13.500><c> the</c><00:50:13.760><c> streets,</c>

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in<00:50:14.400><c> the</c><00:50:14.559><c> marketplaces,</c><00:50:15.360><c> at</c><00:50:15.420><c> the</c><00:50:15.659><c> open</c><00:50:15.860><c> doors,</c>

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at<00:50:16.400><c> the</c><00:50:16.599><c> gates</c><00:50:16.800><c> and</c><00:50:17.059><c> all</c><00:50:17.400><c> over</c><00:50:17.840><c> Israel</c>

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the<00:50:18.480><c> voice</c><00:50:18.679><c> of</c><00:50:18.920><c> wisdom,</c>

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the<00:50:20.280><c> Lord</c><00:50:20.460><c> Jesus</c><00:50:20.880><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:50:22.719><c> his</c><00:50:22.860><c> children</c><00:50:23.179><c> justified</c><00:50:23.760><c> him</c>

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if<00:50:24.860><c> they</c><00:50:25.079><c> do</c><00:50:25.280><c> what</c><00:50:25.420><c> he</c><00:50:25.659><c> says.</c>